LEADER 04357nam 22007334a 450 001 9910780992803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53732-6 010 $a9786612537325 010 $a0-226-47042-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226470429 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006470 035 $a(EBL)496623 035 $a(OCoLC)593356220 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777097 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12297865 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777097 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10747738 035 $a(PQKB)10760325 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000414968 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913241 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414968 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10410157 035 $a(PQKB)11655518 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496623 035 $a(DE-B1597)524443 035 $a(OCoLC)1135578695 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226470429 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496623 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372062 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253732 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006470 100 $a20051018d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCorporate bodies and guilty minds$b[electronic resource] $ethe failure of corporate criminal liability /$fWilliam S. Laufer 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-47041-5 311 $a0-226-47040-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aThe evolution of corporate criminal law -- Recognizing personhood -- Constructing fault -- Playing games -- Shifting blame -- Crafting a soul -- Making and unmaking the pessimist's account. 330 $aWe live in an era defined by corporate greed and malfeasance-one in which unprecedented accounting frauds and failures of compliance run rampant. In order to calm investor fears, revive perceptions of legitimacy in markets, and demonstrate the resolve of state and federal regulators, a host of reforms, high-profile investigations, and symbolic prosecutions have been conducted in response. But are they enough? In this timely work, William S. Laufer argues that even with recent legal reforms, corporate criminal law continues to be ineffective. As evidence, Laufer considers the failure of courts and legislatures to fashion liability rules that fairly attribute blame for organizations. He analyzes the games that corporations play to deflect criminal responsibility. And he also demonstrates how the exchange of cooperation for prosecutorial leniency and amnesty belies true law enforcement. But none of these factors, according to Laufer, trumps the fact that there is no single constituency or interest group that strongly and consistently advocates the importance and priority of corporate criminal liability. In the absence of a new standard of corporate liability, the power of regulators to keep corporate abuses in check will remain insufficient. A necessary corrective to our current climate of graft and greed, Corporate Bodies and Guilty Minds will be essential to policymakers and legal minds alike. "[This] timely work offers a dispassionate analysis of problems relating to corporate crime."-Harvard Law Review 606 $aCriminal liability of juristic persons$zUnited States 606 $aCorporation law$zUnited States$xCriminal provisions 606 $aCorporations$xCorrupt practices$zUnited States 610 $acorporations, legal system, accountability, responsibility, criminalization, punishment, fine, greed, malfeasance, accounting fraud, compliance, investment, legitimacy, markets, regulation, reform, investigation, prosecution, criminal law, liability, amnesty, leniency, cooperation, policy, corruption, nonfiction, personhood, fault. 615 0$aCriminal liability of juristic persons 615 0$aCorporation law$xCriminal provisions. 615 0$aCorporations$xCorrupt practices 676 $a345.73/0268 700 $aLaufer$b William S$01507201 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780992803321 996 $aCorporate bodies and guilty minds$93737730 997 $aUNINA