Financial Crime and Corporate Misconduct by Chris Monaghan, N... - 9781138557093

Taylor & Francis

Financial Crime and Corporate MisconductA Critical Evaluation of Fraud Legislation\nAuthor(s): Chris Monaghan, Nicola Monaghan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138557093, 978-1138557093\nSynopsis\nThe Fraud Act 2006 presented a wholesale reform of the pre-existing deception offences under the Theft Act 1968 and Theft Act 1978. This edited collection offers a critical evaluation of fraud legislation and provides a review of the Fraud Act 2006 within the context of measures introduced within the previous decade to combat financial crime, fraud and white-collar offences. \n\nThe edited collection brings together contributors from a range of unique perspectives including academics, practitioners and a former member of the judiciary. It covers several related themes and provides the reader with a unique and original commentary on how the Fraud Act 2006 has been applied by the courts, the type of prosecutions that have.