From manslaughter to preventable accident: Shaping corporate criminal liability

Law and Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 470-496

  Snider, Laureen ^a   Bittle, Steven ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33748443984     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2006.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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