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Corporate bodies and guilty minds : the failure of corporate criminal liability /
We live in an era defined by corporate greed and malfeasance--one in which unprecedented accounting frauds and failures of compliance run rampant. In order to calm investor fears, revive perceptions of legitimacy in markets, and demonstrate the resolve of state and federal regulators, a host of refo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | We live in an era defined by corporate greed and malfeasance--one in which unprecedented accounting frauds and failures of compliance run rampant. In order to calm investor fears, revive perceptions of legitimacy in markets, and demonstrate the resolve of state and federal regulators, a host of reforms, high-profile investigations, and symbolic prosecutions have been conducted in response. But are they enough?In this timely work, William S. Laufer argues that even with recent legal reforms, corporate criminal law continues to be ineffective. As evidence, Laufer considers the failure of courts a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-265) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780226470429 0226470423 0226470407 9780226470405 |