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Corporate liability for manslaughter: the need for further reform
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Corporate liability for manslaughter: the need for further reform

Aidan Ricketts and Heidi Avolio
Southern Cross University Law Review, Vol.13, pp.57-86
2009
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Abstract

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Common law principles underpinning corporate criminal responsibility for death by corporate negligence - statutory reform in Australia and the UK - need for further reform encompassing an aggregation of corporate negligence, the abandonment of the strict requirements of mens rea and new sentencing options.

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