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Corporations and criminal responsibility /

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Business corporations wield enormous economic power, and legal structures largely serve their interests. This book analyses the background to the demands to use criminal law sanctions against corporations, including demand for corporate manslaughter.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wells, Celia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
Subjects:
Criminal liability of juristic persons > Great Britain.
Corporation law > Great Britain > Criminal provisions.
Personnes morales > Responsabilité pénale > Grande-Bretagne.
Sociétés (Droit pénal) > Grande-Bretagne.
Corporation law > Criminal provisions.
Criminal liability of juristic persons.
Great Britain.
Law - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Law - Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Business corporations wield enormous economic power, and legal structures largely serve their interests. This book analyses the background to the demands to use criminal law sanctions against corporations, including demand for corporate manslaughter.
Item Description:Series statement from jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-184) and index.
ISBN:9780191683411
0191683418
019924619X
9780199246199