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Przestępczość korporacyjna – rozwiązania prawno-instytucjonalne w Stanach Zjednoczonych
Corporate Crime: Legal and Institutional Solutions in the United States

Author(s): Agnieszka Kędzierska
Subject(s): Politics, Criminal Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: corporate crime; white collar crime; United States

Summary/Abstract: The article contains a review of the history of legal and institutional conditions concerning corporate crime in the United States, with particular emphasis on the development of criminal liability of enterprises. It presents theoretical considerations about this phenomenon, the most important legal regulations relating to corporate malpractice, prosecutors’ guidelines and models of cooperation between corporations and the judiciary. The paper also covers the issues of empirical research on corporate crime and the presentation of available data.

  • Issue Year: 38/2020
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 51-71
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish