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 191-437 The Corporation As Criminal

Availability

Not available in 1998.

Credit Points

16.7 4th year

Coordinator

Professor A Freiberg

Prerequisites

Acceptance into 4th Year Honours in Criminology or its equivalent.

Contact

One 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject will review the concept of corporate illegality, examine problems in the definition of corporate criminal liability, analyse case studies of corporate crime, and review the question of proper sanctions for such criminality. Students who complete this subject should: have an understanding of theories relating to corporate crime; have knowledge of the issues in the legal treatment of corporate misconduct; be able to comment upon leading cases of corporate crime; have an understanding of sentencing issues regarding corporate crime.

Assessment

Research essay of 6000 words.



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