Table of Contents

1. Safety and Public Welfare 2. The role of criminal law 3. Attribution of responsibility 4. Criminal responsibility and the corporate entity 5. Corporate liability in England and Wales 6. Corporate manslaughter 7. Comparative and international solutions 8. The responsible corporation Bibliography Index

About the Author

Celia Wells is professor of law at Cardiff University where she has taught and researched since 1986. In 2001 she held a visiting position as PriceWaterhouseCoopers Legal Chair in Women and the Law at the University of Sydney. Her research has mainly focused on criminal law, in particular the criminal liability of corporations (Corporations and Criminal Responsibility 1993 (OUP)). Reflecting her interest in issues of risk and blame, Celia Wells has also published
Negotiating Tragedy (1995) a study of the law relating to disasters. With Nicola Lacey, she is co-author of Reconstructing Criminal Law (2nd edition 1998), a student text which draws on a wide range
of contextual material and adopts an explicitly feminist perspective.

Previous appointments-University of North London 1973-5
University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1977-86
Cardiff University 1986.

Reviews

`I was pleasantly suprised to find myself enjoying this thoughtful and thorough walk through the world of criminal responsibility in contemporary business. Matching legal and corporate theory with recent case studies, I was pleased at the way the author gave a balanced argument of both sides ... well researched ... both relevant and topical ... The sections on corporate killing and the arguments over strict liability were especially thought provoking.'
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