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Anthony Barkow - Prosecutors in the Boardroom - 9780814787038 - V9780814787038
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Prosecutors in the Boardroom

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Description for Prosecutors in the Boardroom Hardcover. Analyzes the controversial legal intervention of controlling corporate bodies through outside agencies rather than pressing legal charges Editor(s): Barkow, Anthony S.; Barkow, Rachel E. Num Pages: 287 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.

Who should police corporate misconduct and how should it be policed? In recent years, the Department of Justice has resolved investigations of dozens of Fortune 500 companies via deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements, where, instead of facing criminal charges, these companies become regulated by outside agencies. Increasingly, the threat of prosecution and such prosecution agreements is being used to regulate corporate behavior. This practice has been sharply criticized on numerous fronts: agreements are too lenient, there is too little oversight of these agreements, and, perhaps most important, the criminal prosecutors doing the regulating aren’t subject to the same checks ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814787038
SKU
V9780814787038
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99-1

About Anthony Barkow
Anthony S. Barkow is a partner in the white collar defense and investigations practice at law firm Jenner & Block. He received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, the highest award bestowed in the Justice Department. Rachel E. Barkow is Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU School ... Read more

Reviews for Prosecutors in the Boardroom
Prosecutors in the Boardroom...supplies a wealth of empirical data about contemporary corporate law enforcement policy...[and] demonstrates what happens when well-intentioned, intelligent, dedicated law enforcement agents are freed from the constraints of liberalism.
John Hasnas
Regulation
A must-read for practitioners and scholars wrestling with the challenges of corporate crime and punishment.
James Comey,former Deputy Attorney General of ... Read more

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