Research Catalog

Title

The changing role of criminal law in controlling corporate behavior / James M. Anderson, Ivan Waggoner.

Author

Anderson, James M.

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2014]

Supplementary Content

Full text available online via RAND Corporation web site

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Details

Additional Authors

Waggoner, Ivan

Description

xix, 126 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"What should be the role of the criminal law in controlling corporate behavior, and how can the execution of that role be improved? On the one hand, corporations have enormous power, and, when a corporation causes harm, there is a natural instinct to apply criminal sanctions, society's most serious expression of moral disapproval. In the wake of a harm in which a corporation had a prominent role, there are often calls for an increased use of the criminal law to tame corporate excesses. On the other hand, criminal liability has historically usually required criminal intent, a concept that applies oddly to a legal construction, such as a corporation. And more recently, critics have decried what they have termed the overcriminalization of corporate behavior, suggesting that there has been an overreliance on the use of criminal law in this context. To provide guidance to policymakers on the proper role of criminal sanctions in this context, RAND Corporation researchers (1) measure the current use of criminal sanctions in controlling corporate behavior, (2) describe how the current regime developed, and (3) offer suggestions about how the use of criminal sanctions to control corporate behavior might be improved"--Unedited summary from book cover.

Subject

• Criminal liability of juristic persons > United States
• Tort liability of corporations > United States
• Corporate governance > Law and legislation > Criminal provisions. > United States
• Criminal liability of juristic persons
• Tort liability of corporations
• United States

Note

• "RR-412-ICJ"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-126).

Contents

Introduction -- How did criminal law come to be applied to corporate behavior, and what lessons can we draw fom that history? -- Recent history: A shift to reforming corppoations from within -- Trends in prosecutions of corporations and individuals -- Conclusions and policy implications.

Call Number

JFE 22-3260

ISBN

• 9780833087867
• 083308786X

LCCN

2014047644

OCLC

897946462

Author

Anderson, James M., author.

Title

The changing role of criminal law in controlling corporate behavior / James M. Anderson, Ivan Waggoner.

Publisher

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2014]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-126).

Connect to:

Full text available online via RAND Corporation web site

Added Author

Waggoner, Ivan, author.

Other Form:

Online version: Anderson, James M. Changing role of criminal law in controlling corporate behavior. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2014 9780833087874 (DLC) 2014047690

Research Call Number

JFE 22-3260