Crimtorts as Corporate Just Deserts

Just as Grant Gilmore described contorts that lie on the borderline between contract and tort law, the authors coin the term crimtort to identify the expanding common ground between criminal and tort law. Although the concept of crimtort can be broadly applied to many areas of the law, this Article...

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Autor principal: Koenig, Thomas (Autor)
Otros Autores: Rustad, Michael
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1998
En:Año: 1998
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