| Description |
xvii, 165 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
[Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice] |
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Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
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| Summary |
Public toleration of corporate harms is evaporating: deaths and injuries at work and transport accidents increasingly prompt call for prosecution of a corporation. Should corporations be punished? This new book draws on philosophical, cultural, and psychological factors in considering arguments about the criminal liability of corporations. Justifications for criminal punishment and the underlying bases of criminal responsibility are described in the context of corporate activities, and the system of regulation and control of corporate harm through, for example, health and safety legislation, is examined and contrasted with conventional enforcement of criminal laws. Public perception of corporate harms is explored from a number of perspectives including the institutional framework of inquests and public inquiries. The book also includes a full analysis of the trial of P & O on manslaughter charges following the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster |
| Analysis |
Business Liability |
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Great Britain |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Series statement from jacket |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [150]-160 |
| Subject |
Corporation law -- Great Britain -- Criminal provisions.
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Criminal liability of juristic persons -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
92041568 |
| ISBN |
0198254385 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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