When Business Kills : the Emerging Crime of Corporate Manslaughter.

When Business Kills : the Emerging Crime of Corporate Manslaughter.

This book aims to explain in clear, accessible language the approach taken by government to corporate offending resulting in a fatality in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The key provisions of the statutory offence of corporate manslaughter, introduced into the United Kingdom in 2008,...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Field, Sarah
Other Authors: Jones, Lucy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Business Expert Press, 2017
Subjects:
Corporations > Corrupt practices > Great Britain.
Corporations > Corrupt practices > United States.
Criminal liability of juristic persons > Great Britain.
Criminal liability of juristic persons > United States.
Manslaughter > Law and legislation.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The common law framework
  • 2. Criminal legislation
  • 3. Using health and safety legislation for corporate killing
  • 4. Penalties
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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