The long history of suicide as a criminal offence still has a significant contemporary effect on how it is perceived, conceptualised and adjudged. This is particularly the case within countries where suicide is largely determined within a coronial system, such as Australia, the UK and the US....

In recent years the term “wage theft” has been widely used to describe the phenomenon of employers not paying their workers the wages they are owed. While the term has great normative weight, it is rarely accompanied by calls for employers literally to be prosecuted under the criminal law....

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In March 2016 the Law Commission (the Commission) released its report Strangulation: The Case for a New Offence. It made several recommendations including that a specific offence of non-fatal strangulation should be enacted. This paper discusses how well the recommendations will work in...

This article presents a model wherein law enforcers propose sentences to maximize their likelihood of reelection, and shows that elections typically generate over-incarceration, i.e., longer than optimal sentences. It then studies the effects of disenfranchisement laws, which prohibit convicted...

Competitive video gaming is rapidly gaining mainstream attention. Major U.S. television networks have commenced broadcasting such competitions. The term esports has been assigned to the practice, but it remains to be seen whether lawmakers and regulators agree that the contests are indeed...

This paper explores when extraterritorial application of national laws is an appropriate solution to global problems. As a case study, the paper analyzes enforcement of national anti-bribery legislation based on the Anti-Bribery Convention of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...

Companies are nudging. That is, they are using the tools of behavioral science as pioneered by behavioral economists and promoted by policymakers to steer employees toward welfare-maximizing options. While companies began nudging to increase employee health, safety, and financial literacy,...

Portuguese Abstract: O presente estudo visa discorrer sobre a necessidade da transparência do beneficiário efetivo das empresas e arranjos legais e sua importância no combate à corrupção e aos abusos fiscais. Discute- -se o conceito de beneficiário efetivo e o risco de opacidade e...

According to a universal bedrock principle of corporate law, corporations have separate legal personality and limited liability. These principles apply equally to corporate groups. Accordingly, a parent company is normally not liable for legal infractions and unpaid debts of its subsidiaries. In...