Too big to jail : how prosecutors compromise with corporations /

Too big to jail : how prosecutors compromise with corporations /

American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individuals, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. Too Big to Jail takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charges are brought against...

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Main Author: Garrett, Brandon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014
Subjects:
Corporation law > United States > Criminal provisions
Tort liability of corporations > United States
Corporate governance > Law and legislation > United States
Corporations > Corrupt practices > United States
Criminal liability of juristic persons > United States
Prosecution > United States
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Table of Contents:
  • United States vs. Goliath
  • The company in the courtroom
  • What happens to a prosecution deferred?
  • The ostriches
  • The victims
  • The carrot and the stick
  • Enter the monitors
  • The constitutional rights of corporations
  • Foreign corporate criminals
  • The future of corporate prosecutions

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