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Ill-Gotten Gains - Leo Katz

Ill-Gotten Gains

Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred Puzzles of the Law

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
308 Seiten
1998
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-42594-8 (ISBN)
CHF 45,40 inkl. MwSt
This work describes the underlying principles that not only guide the law, but also moral decisions. Mixing wit with insight, anecdotes with analysis, the book uncovers what is really at stake in such crimes as insider trading, blackmail and plagiarism.
In Ill-Gotten Gains, Leo Katz describes the underlying principles that not only guide the law but also moral decisions. Mixing wit with insight, anecdotes with analysis, Katz uncovers what is really at stake in crimes such as insider trading, blackmail, and plagiarism. With its startling conclusions and myriad twists, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by the perplexing relationship between morality and law.

"An ambitious and well-written book of legal and moral theory to overthrow both utilitarianism and its cousin, the economic approach to law."—Richard A. Posner, New Republic

"A good, well-written book full of interesting examples."—Library Journal

"[An] elegant defense of circumvention and subterfuge . . . a heroically counterintuitive book."—Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker

Leo Katz is professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Bad Acts and Guilty Minds, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.6.1998
Sprache englisch
Maße 15 x 23 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht
Recht / Steuern Wirtschaftsrecht Urheberrecht
ISBN-10 0-226-42594-0 / 0226425940
ISBN-13 978-0-226-42594-8 / 9780226425948
Zustand Neuware
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