1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455415003321

Autore

Zellen Barry Scott <1963->

Titolo

Arctic doom, Arctic boom [[electronic resource] ] : the geopolitics of climate change in the Arctic / / Barry Scott Zellen ; foreword by Walter J. Hickel [and] Daniel J. Moran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger, c2009

ISBN

1-282-33886-2

9786612338861

0-313-38013-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Security and the environment Arctic doom, Arctic boom

Disciplina

551.65113

551.6511'3-dc22

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Arctic regions

Geopolitics - Arctic regions

Electronic books.

Arctic regions Climate

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Arctic Spring; 2 The Geopolitics of Snow and Ice; 3 An Arctic Imperative?; 4 From Cold War to Warming Earth; 5 Polar Uncertainties; 6 The End of the Arctic; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An expert examination of the way climate change is transforming the Arctic environmentally, economically, and geopolitically, and how the challenges of that transformation should be met.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465318003321

Titolo

Punishing corporate crime : legal penalties for criminal and regulatory violations / / James T. O'Reilly [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-19-974848-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

345.730268

Soggetti

Corporation law - United States - Criminal provisions

Punishment - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; About the Authors; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Introduction; 2. Defining the Problem; PART II: LIABILITIES AND RIGHTS OF THE CORPORATION AND MANAGERS; 3. Principles of Criminal Liability for Corporate Misconduct; 4. Constitutional Considerations; 5. Individual Criminal Liability Related to the Corporation; 6. Criminal Statutory Liability and Interpretation; PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS; 7. The Federal Criminal Investigation Process; 8. The Process of Defining Charges Against the Individual; 9. Training for Avoidance of Potential Future Criminal Liabilities

PART IV: CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND RELATED REMEDIES10. Corporate Integrity Agreements; 11. Deferred Prosecution and Non-Prosecution Agreements; 12. Understanding and Complying with Compliance Agreements; 13. Remedies of Disgorgement and Restitution; 14. Related Civil Remedies: Administrative Penalties and Injunctions; 15. Qui Tam Relator Suits and False Claims Act Proceedings; 16. Post-Conviction Debarment of Corporations; Table of Cases; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Punishing Corporate Crime: Legal Penalties for Criminal and Regulatory Violations provides a practical discussion of criminal punishment trends directed at the corporate entity. Corporate punishment, for the



most part, has traditionally occurred either in the form of a fine or, in the extreme, a heavy sanction that terminates the business. This timely book analyzes the historical and statutory bases of corporate punishment and reviews the latest remedies now employed by the government, including receivership and monitoring, disgorgement of profits, restitution, integrity agreements, and disbar