This book explores the emergence of a new architecture of corporate enforcement in Ireland. It is demonstrated that the State has transitioned from one contradictory model of corporate enforcement to another. Traditionally, the State invoked its most powerful weapon of state censure, the criminal law, but was remarkably lenient in practice because the law was not enforced. The contemporary model is much more reliant on cooperative measures and civil orders, but also contains remarkably punitive and instrumental measures to surmount the difficulties of proving guilt in criminal cases.
Though corporate and financial regulation has become an area of significant interest for academics, researchers and those with an interest in corporate affairs, this sudden surge of interest lacks a tradition of scholarship or any deep empirical and contextual analysis in Ireland. This book provides that foundation. It is likely to stimulate an extensive conversation on corporate regulation and governance in Ireland. It is also likely to provide a platform for researchers further afield with an interest in comparative study with Ireland.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
PART A
1. Defining crime: the real crime obsession
2. Protectionism and procrastination: the era of inertia in corporate affairs
3. Conventional crime methods
4. Policing, prosecution and punishment
Summary of Part A
PART B
5. From apathy to activism: causal factors stimulating change
6. The new architecture of enforcement
7. ‘Responsive’ enforcement
Conclusion
References
Index
Circa l’autore
Joe Mc Grath is Lecturer in Law at Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin
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