1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910219973603321

Autore

Anderson James M.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8330-8789-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Disciplina

345.73/04

Soggetti

Criminal liability of juristic persons - United States

Tort liability of corporations - United States

Corporate governance - Law and legislation - United States - Criminal provisions

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures and Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Overview of Corporate Criminal Liability; Research Questions; Research Approach and Sources of Data; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two: How Did Criminal Law Come to Be Applied to Corporate Behavior, and What Lessons Can We Draw from That History?; Emergence of Corporate Criminal Liability; The Development of Vicarious Criminal Liability; Diminishing Relevance of Criminal Intent; Conclusion

Chapter Three: Recent History: A Shift to Reforming Corporations from WithinThe Traditional Approach: Prosecuting the Corporation, Not Individuals; Guidelines Era: The Start of Structural Reforms; The Rise of the Nonprosecution Agreement; Conclusion; Chapter Four: Trends in Prosecutions of Corporations and Individuals; Overall Trend: Declining Prosecutions; Convictions and Firm Size; Prosecution of Individuals Alongside Convicted Corporations; Differences in the Enforcement of Civil and Criminal Law; Deferred Prosecution Agreements and Nonprosecution Agreements; White-Collar Offenses

Important Exceptions: Sarbanes-Oxley and Foreign Corrupt Practices ActSummary; Chapter Five: Conclusions and Policy Implications; What Lessons Can We Draw for Policymakers?; References



Sommario/riassunto

This report addresses the use of criminal sanctions to control corporate behavior-prosecutions both of corporations and of employees for actions taken on corporations' behalf. The authors describe the current state of the use of criminal sanctions in controlling corporate behavior, describe how the current regime developed, and offer suggestions about how the use of criminal sanctions to control corporate behavior might be improved.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778480303321

Autore

Rafuse Ethan Sepp <1968->

Titolo

Antietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry [[electronic resource] ] : a battlefield guide / / Ethan S. Rafuse ; cartography by Christopher L. Brest

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-95851-4

9786611958510

0-8032-1943-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

This hallowed ground

Altri autori (Persone)

BrestChristopher Lawrence <1950->

Disciplina

973.7/3

Soggetti

Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862

South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862

Battlefields - Maryland - Burkittsville Region

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History Siege, 1862

Antietam National Battlefield (Md.) Guidebooks

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Guidebooks

Sharpsburg Region (Md.) Guidebooks

Burkittsville Region (Md.) Guidebooks

Harpers Ferry Region (W. Va.) Guidebooks

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Battlefields Guidebooks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Bison Books"--Spine.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-263).

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments;



Introduction; How to Use This Guide; Antietam; The Road to Antietam; Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center; Stop 1 Battlefield Vista; Stop 2 Pry House; Stop 3 North Woods; Stop 4 East Woods; Stop 5 The Hagerstown Pike; Stop 6 The Cornfield; Overview of Sumner's Fight, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; Stop 7 West Woods; Stop 8 Dunker Church; Stop 9 Bloody Lane; Overview of Burnside's Fight, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Stop 10 Burnside Bridge; Stop 11 The IX Corps Attacks; Stop 12 Otto Cornfield; Stop 13 Lee's Headquarters

Stop 14 National CemeteryOptional Excursion 1: Bloody Lane; Stop A Hill's Defense, 9:30 A.M.; Stop B Weber's and Morris's Attacks, 9:30-10:00 A.M.; Stop C Kimball's Attack, 10:00-10:15 a.m.; Stop D Anderson and Richardson Arrive, 10:00-11:15 a.m.; Stop E The Irish Brigade Attacks, 11:15-11:45 a.m.; Stop F The Sunken Road Is Captured, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Stop G The Union Attack Stalls, 12:15-2:00 p.m.; Optional Excursion 2: Burnside Bridge; Stop A Toombs's Position, 7:30-10:00 a.m.; Stop B The First Federal Assault, 10:00-10:30 a.m.; Stop C Nagle's Attack, 10:45-11:15 a.m.

Stop D The Federals Capture the Bridge, noon-1:00 p.m.Stop E The Union Bridgehead, 1:00-3:00 p.m.; Stop F Rodman's March and Crossing, 10:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.; Stop G The Federal Pause, 1:00-3:00 p.m.; Optional Excursion 3: Boteler's Ford; Stop A Recrossing the Potomac, September 18-19, 1862; Stop B The Battle of Shepherdstown, September 19-20, 1862; South Mountain; Overview of the Battle of South Mountain,September 14, 1862; Stop 1 Fox's Gap; Stop 1A Cox's Attack, 5:00 a.m.-noon; Stop 1B Union Victory, noon-10:00 p.m.; Stop 2 Mt. Tabor Cemetery; Stop 3 Mountain House; Stop 4 Burkittsville

Stop 5 Gathland State ParkHarpers Ferry; Overview of the Siege of Harpers Ferry,September 13-15, 1862; Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Visitor Center; Stop 1 Harpers Ferry; Stop 2 Bolivar Heights; After Antietam; Appendix A: Orders of Battle; Appendix B: Organization, Weapons, and Tactics; Sources; For Further Reading

Sommario/riassunto

In September 1862 the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac conducted one of the truly great campaigns of the Civil War. At South Mountain, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam, North and South clashed in engagements whose magnitude and importance would earn this campaign a distinguished place in American military history. The siege of Harpers Ferry produced the largest surrender of U.S. troops in the nation's history until World War II, while the day-long battle at Antietam on September 17 still holds the distinction of being the single bloodiest day of combat in Amer