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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"corporate manslaughter"”.
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Corporate manslaughter and the law: what message to industry?
The main concern of this study is the examination of the legal issues surrounding the problem of the large number of deaths caused by corporations with particular emphasis on the need to isolate an effective legal message for industry in relation to safety. This will involve looking at the way the …
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Turning points of corporate manslaughter reform in England and Wales from 1912 to 1999
… to indict a corporation for gross negligence manslaughter in the 1920’s, legal reform surrounding corporate manslaughter has been discussed in political and legal arenas. This research answers the question of whether missed opportunities of corporate manslaughter reform in England and Wales …
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An investigation into health and safety management by SMEs and the risk of corporate manslaughter prosecution
… of H&S management in the industry. The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (CMCHA) was passed with the intention of improving the law on corporate criminal liability for poor H&S management. Since the Act came to force in 2008, over 30 percent of the convictions are …
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Enforcing the ISM Code, and Improving Maritime Safety, with an Improved Corporate Manslaughter Act: A Safety Culture Theory Perspective
… Code in the UK can be tackled by using reformed corporate manslaughter legislation. This thesis adopts a Safety Culture Theory approach and uses a multi-model research design methodology; a doctrinal model and a socio-legal model. The thesis hypothesis and the author's proposed corporate …
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Manslaughter and corporate liability
The phenomenon of corporate crime has been of ever-increasing concern to academics, legislatures and the judiciary throughout the twentieth century. It has been defined by Clinard and Quinney as "the offenses committed by corporate officials for their corporation and the offenses of the corporation …