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Boardroom scandal : the criminalization of company fraud in nineteenth-century Britain /

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This title considers the role played by the criminal law in regulating the economy, posing the question: should businessmen who commit fraud go to prison? It explores changing approaches to the question of criminal sanctions in Victorian Britain and the economic, social, political, and legal origins...

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Main Author: Taylor, James, 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Fraud > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Commercial law > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Trials (Fraud) > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Fraude > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Procès (Fraude) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TRUE CRIME > White Collar Crime.
Commercial law
Fraud
Trials (Fraud)
Great Britain
Crime.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This title considers the role played by the criminal law in regulating the economy, posing the question: should businessmen who commit fraud go to prison? It explores changing approaches to the question of criminal sanctions in Victorian Britain and the economic, social, political, and legal origins of these reforms, and their main effects.
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (viewed Apr 9, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191649196
0191649198
9780191749520
0191749524