Document Type

Article

Publication details

Ricketts, A & Avolio, H 2009, 'Corporate liability for manslaughter: the need for further reform', Southern Cross University Law Review, vol. 13., pp. 56-86.

Peer Reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

Abstract

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.