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Author Laufer, William S

Title Corporate bodies and guilty minds : the failure of corporate criminal liability / William S. Laufer
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages)
Contents The evolution of corporate criminal law -- Recognizing personhood -- Constructing fault -- Playing games -- Shifting blame -- Crafting a soul -- Making and unmaking the pessimist's account
Summary We live in an era defined by corporate greed and malfeasance--one in which unprecedented accounting frauds and failures of compliance run rampant. In order to calm investor fears, revive perceptions of legitimacy in markets, and demonstrate the resolve of state and federal regulators, a host of reforms, high-profile investigations, and symbolic prosecutions have been conducted in response. But are they enough?In this timely work, William S. Laufer argues that even with recent legal reforms, corporate criminal law continues to be ineffective. As evidence, Laufer considers the failure of courts a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-265) and indexes
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Subject Criminal liability of juristic persons -- United States
Corporation law -- United States -- Criminal provisions
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- United States
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Corporation law -- Criminal provisions
Corporations -- Corrupt practices
Criminal liability of juristic persons
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005030547
ISBN 9780226470429
0226470423
0226470407
9780226470405