In defense of corporate criminal liability

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Friedman, Lawrence ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0346053616     PISSN: 01934872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (4)

1. Though corporate criminal liability has existed in some form since at least the 1800s, the number of criminal prosecutions against corporations has in recent years increased dramatically. See Sean Bajkowski & Kimberly R. Thompson, Note, Corporate Criminal Liability, 34 AM. CRIM. L. REV. 445, 445 (1997); Note, Growing the Carrot: Encouraging Effective Corporate Compliance, 109 HARV. L. REV. 1783, 1783 (1996).
2. Though corporate criminal liability has existed in some form since at least the 1800s, the number of criminal prosecutions against corporations has in recent years increased dramatically. See Sean Bajkowski & Kimberly R. Thompson, Note, Corporate Criminal Liability, 34 AM. CRIM. L. REV. 445, 445 (1997); Note, Growing the Carrot: Encouraging Effective Corporate Compliance, 109 HARV. L. REV. 1783, 1783 (1996).
3. See Daniel R. Fischel & Alan O. Sykes, Corporate Crime, 25 J. LEGAL STUD. 319, 320 (1996) (noting that "[t]he doctrine of corporate criminal liability has developed . . . without any theoretical justification").
4. V.S. Khanna, Corporate Criminal Liability: What Purpose Does It Serve?, 109 HARV. L. REV. 1477 (1996).