This article argues that corporate law has become the legal platform upon which is erected a social process impeding society’s capacity to lucidly reflect on its primary ends; in this sense, corporate law is in conflict with social autonomy. This process is described here as a social feedback loop, in the structural centre of which lies the corporation which imposes its own purpose as an irrational social end, i.e. irrespective of its potentially catastrophic social consequences. The article argues that resolving the conflict between corporate law and social autonomy is impossible, because it presupposes a change of social paradigm towards one where corporate law as business organisation law has no obvious fit. This questions the social legitimacy of corporate law, signifies its non-permanence and thus opens up the field for seeking radical alternatives in the future.

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公司法与社会自治：法律作为社会危害


本文认为，公司法已成为建立社会进程的法律平台，阻碍了社会清晰反思其主要目标的能力；从这个意义上说，公司法与社会自治是相冲突的。这个过程在这里被描述为一个社会反馈循环，其结构中心是公司，它将自己的目的强加于非理性的社会目的，即不顾其潜在的灾难性社会后果。文章认为，解决公司法与社会自治之间的冲突是不可能的，因为它预示着社会范式的转变，而公司法作为商业组织法并不明显适合。这对公司法的社会合法性提出了质疑，表明其非永久性，从而为未来寻求激进的替代方案开辟了新的领域。