Prosecutors in the Boardroom: Using Criminal Law to Regulate Corporate Conduct

by Rachel Barkow, Anthony S. Barkow, Rachel E. Barkow

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814787037
• ISBN13: 9780814787038
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"