Ill-Gotten Gains

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

Leo Katz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

308 Seiten

1998
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-42594-8 (ISBN)

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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