Corporations and Criminal Responsibility (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice) - Softcover

Wells, Celia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019924619X ISBN 13: 9780199246199

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2001

Synopsis

Gathering ideas from a wide range of literature, this book argues that there is no magic answer to corporate power, to issues of personal safety, and their inter-relationship with criminal law and justice. This edition has been revised and updated, taking account of the burgeoning scholarly literature. Yet, it remains distinctive in combining legal analysis and discussion of law reform debates with a theoretical account of the relationship between legal institutions and the role of risk and blame in shaping criminal law and the practices of the criminal justice system.

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I was pleasantly suprised to find myself enjoying this thoughtful and thorough walk through the world of criminal responsibility in contemporary business. Matching legal and corporate theory with recent case studies, I was pleased at the way the author gave a balanced argument of both sides ... well researched ... both relevant and topical ... The sections on corporate killing and the arguments over strict liability were especially thought provoking. (Financial Adviser)

Synopsis:

Contemporary concern about technological hazards posed by business enterprises has intensified interest in the criminality of corporations. Incorporating ideas from a wide range of literature, the book argues that there is no magic answer to corporate power, to issues of personal safety and their inter-relationship with criminal law and justice. The attention paid to corporate criminal liability by courts, legislatures, law reform bodies and international organizations has increased markedly in the past decade. As in the first edition, the book takes what might be called a panoptic approach to the subject. Corporations and their susceptibility to criminal law are examined from sociological, psychological, philosophical and organizational perspectives as the book progresses. This edition has been revised and updated to take account of the burgeoning scholarly literature. Detailed analysis of judicial and legislative movements in England and Wales, in other national jurisdictions and at the level of international organizations follows. Two new chapters, on corporate manslaughter and on comparative and international responses to corporate crime, accommodate these changes.

The book is distinctive in combining legal analysis and discussion of law reform debates with a theoretical account of the relationship between legal institutions and the role of risk and blame in shaping criminal law and the practices of the criminal justice system.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 019924619X
• ISBN 13: 9780199246199
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 220