No soul to damn? Revisiting the case for corporate manslaughter in New Zealand

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No soul to damn? Revisiting the case for corporate manslaughter in New Zealand

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Currently a corporation cannot be convicted of manslaughter in New Zealand. Increasingly, this distinction demarcated between individuals and corporations seems out of touch, particularly in light of legislation passed in cognate jurisdictions and the ascendance of a plethora of industrial disasters both in New Zealand and abroad.  Taking as its focus the Report of the Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety (2013), this paper contemplates the above issues, concluding that the of...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Undergraduate

Date created

2014

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Spence, Mitchell

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/No_soul_to_damn_Revisiting_the_case_for_corporate_manslaught...

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Corporations and associations law / Labour law / Legal theory, jurisprudence and legal interpretation / Litigation, adjudication and dispute resolution / Corporate manslaughter / Workplace health and safety / Attribution / Corporate criminal liability / School: School of Law / Corporations and Associations Law / Labour Law / Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Legal Interpretation / Litigation, Adjudication and Dispute Resolution / Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies / Degree Name: LL.B. (Honours)

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