Description |
1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations |
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NYU series in social and cultural analysis |
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NYU series in social and cultural analysis.
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Contents |
Introduction / Anthony S. Barkow and Rachel E. Barkow -- The causes of corporate crime : an economic perspective / Cindy R. Alexander and Mark A. Cohen -- Deferred prosecution agreements on trial : lessons from the law of unconstitutional conditions / Richard A. Epstein -- Removing prosecutors from the boardroom : limiting prosecutorial discretion to impose structural reforms / Jennifer Arlen -- Potentially perverse effects of corporate civil liability / Samuel W. Buell -- Inside-out enforcement / Lisa Kern Griffin -- The institutional logic of preventive crime / Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar -- Collaborative organizational prosecution / Brandon L. Garrett -- The prosecutor as regulatory agency / Rachel E. Barkow -- What are the rules if everybody wants to play? multiple federal and state prosecutors (acting) as regulators / Sara Sun Beale -- Reforming the corporate monitor? / Vikramaditya Khanna -- Conclusion / Anthony S. Barkow and Rachel E. Barkow |
Summary |
Who should police corporate misconduct and how should it be policed? In recent years, the Department of Justice has resolved investigations of dozens of Fortune 500 companies via deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements, where, instead of facing criminal charges, these companies become regulated by outside agencies. Increasingly, the threat of prosecution and such prosecution agreements is being used to regulate corporate behavior. This practice has been sharply criticized on numerous fronts: agreements are too lenient, there is too little oversight of these agreements, a |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Corporation law -- United States -- Criminal provisions
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Prosecution -- United States
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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LAW -- Corporate.
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Corporation law -- Criminal provisions
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Prosecution
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Barkow, Anthony S.
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Barkow, Rachel E.
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ISBN |
9780814709375 |
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0814709370 |
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9780814723142 |
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0814723144 |
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