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Author Garrett, Brandon, author.

Title Too big to jail : how prosecutors compromise with corporations / Brandon L. Garrett.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  345.7302 G19    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  345.7302 GARRETT    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  345.73 GARRETT    Check Shelf
Description 365 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-356) and index.
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.
Summary 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 a major company in the United States.
Subject 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.
Corporate governance -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst00879652
Corporation law -- Criminal provisions. (OCoLC)fst00879734
Corporations -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst00879825
Criminal liability of juristic persons. (OCoLC)fst00883418
Prosecution. (OCoLC)fst01079361
Tort liability of corporations. (OCoLC)fst01152877
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9780674368316 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0674368312 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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