Lying, Cheating, and Stealing

Zusatztext 'Mr. Green's book admirably clears away much of the conceptual underbrush surrounding the idea of white-collar crime.... "Lying! Cheating! and Stealing" is strong on moral philosophy! not least in the way it illuminates the gray areas of business conduct. ... [it] will be helpful to anyone thinking about such cases [as Kenneth Lay's].' Informationen zum Autor Stuart Green is Professor of Law and Justice Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar, Rutgers School of Law, Newark. A graduate of Yale Law School, he has served as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in the United Kingdom and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. He is co-editor, along with R.A. Duff, of Defining Crimes: Essays on the Special Part of the Criminal Law, published by OUP in 2005. Klappentext This is the first book to take a comprehensive look at white collar criminal offenses from the perspective of moral and legal theory! focusing on the way in which key white-collar crimes such as fraud! perjury! bribery! extortion! insider trading! and tax evasion are shaped and informed by a range of familiar moral norms. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to take a comprehensive look at white collar criminal offenses from the perspective of moral and legal theory, focusing on the way in which key white-collar crimes such as fraud, perjury, bribery, extortion, insider trading, and tax evasion are shaped and informed by a range of familiar moral norms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction I Getting Started The Meaning of 'White Collar Crime' Some Generalizations About the Moral Content of White Collar Crime A Three-Part Framework for Analysis II Defining Moral Wrongfulness Cheating Deception Stealing Coercion and Expoitation Disloyalty Promise-Breaking Disobediance A Concluding Thought on Moral Wrongfulness III Finding the Moral Content of White Collar Offenses Perjury Fraud False Statements Obstruction of Justice Bribery Extortion and Blackmail Insider Trading Tax Evasion Regulatory Offenses Conclusions ...

Product details

• Authors: Stuart P. Green, Green Stuart P.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780199225804
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922580-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Print On Demand; Print on Demand; Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); England, Wales, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Sociology & anthropology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, Sociology and anthropology, Wales / Cymru