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59f81c42798a46d8f41a3a1eada242ca |
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Date |
2017 |
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Date |
2018-09-01 |
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repository |
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Is Part Of |
p17488966 |
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abstract |
The annual total of occupational deaths in the UK is measured in the tens of thousands,
yet the overwhelming majority attract no criminal justice attention. More recently,
a very small number of deaths have generated attempts to prosecute companies for manslaughter.
In 1996, following a series of multiple fatality 'disasters', the Law Commission proposed
for a new law on corporate manslaughter; in 2008, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate
Homicide Act 2007 came into force. It is with the implementation and effects of this
Act that this article is concerned. It begins by setting out the dimensions of the
new law before analysing the key themes that have emerged from its use to date. In
conclusion, I consider whether the law has proven to be unfit for purpose—which begs
the question of what that purpose might have been. |
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abstract |
The annual total of occupational deaths in the UK is measured in the tens of thousands,
yet the overwhelming majority attract no criminal justice attention. More recently,
a very small number of deaths have generated attempts to prosecute companies for manslaughter.
In 1996, following a series of multiple fatality ‘disasters’, the Law Commission proposed
for a new law on corporate manslaughter; in 2008, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate
Homicide Act 2007 came into force. It is with the implementation and effects of this
Act that this article is concerned. It begins by setting out the dimensions of the
new law before analysing the key themes that have emerged from its use to date. In
conclusion, I consider whether the law has proven to be unfit for purpose—which begs
the question of what that purpose might have been. |
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authorList |
authors |
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issue |
4 |
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status |
peerReviewed |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/631106 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/631107 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/631149 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/631150 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/631151 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/631152 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/631153 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/631154 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/659561 |
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volume |
18 |
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type |
AcademicArticle |
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type |
Article |
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label |
Tombs, Steve (2017). The UK’s corporate killing law: Un/fit for purpose? Criminology
and Criminal Justice (In Press). |
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label |
Tombs, Steve (2018). The UK’s corporate killing law: Un/fit for purpose? Criminology
and Criminal Justice, 18(4) pp. 488–507. |
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label |
Tombs, Steve (2018). The UK's corporate killing law: Un/fit for purpose? Criminology
and Criminal Justice, 18(4) pp. 488–507. |
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Title |
The UK's corporate killing law: Un/fit for purpose? |
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Title |
The UK’s corporate killing law: Un/fit for purpose? |
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in dataset |
oro |