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Impunity of frequent corporate homicides by recurrent fires at garment factories in Bangladesh: Bangladeshi culpable homicide compared with its equivalents in the United Kingdom and Australia

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posted on 2024-11-14, 00:58 authored by Sheikh SolaimanSheikh Solaiman, Afroza BegumAfroza Begum
How corporations can be best prevented from causing deaths of others has been a critical concern of judges, legislators, prosecutors and academics alike around the world since the 19th century. Concerns for workplace safety have mounted globally in recent decades, propelling the demand for industrial manslaughter prosecution as a more effective use of criminal suits. Like the regulation of human conduct, criminal Jaw is considered to be an instrument for changing corporate behaviour in a way that fosters future conformity with the expectations of society.

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S. M. Solaiman and A. Begum, 'Impunity of frequent corporate homicides by recurrent fires at garment factories in Bangladesh: Bangladeshi culpable homicide compared with its equivalents in the United Kingdom and Australia' (2014) 35 (10) Company Lawyer 289-309.

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Company Lawyer

Volume

35

Issue

10

Pagination

289-309

Language

English

RIS ID

94695

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