The Development and Evolution of the U.S. Law of Corporate Criminal Liability

In the United States, corporate criminal liability developed in response to the industrial revolution and the rise in the scope and importance of corporate activities. This article focuses principally on federal law, which bases corporate criminal liability on the respondeat superior doctrine develo...

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Autor principal: Beale, Sara Sun (Autor)
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Publicado: 2014
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