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Do Politically Connected Board Members Influence Firms' Debt Choices? Public Debt Versus Bank Debt

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a unique hand‐collected data set on the political connections of board members of S&P 1500 companies, we find that board members with stronger government ties are positively associated with firms' preference for public debt over bank debt.
Mustapha Douch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

REPARAREA PREJUDICIULUI MATERIAL CAUZAT PRIN ACŢIUNILE ILICITE ALE ORGANELOR DE URMĂRIRE PENALĂ ŞI ALE INSTANŢELOR JUDECĂTOREŞTI CU PRILEJUL DESFĂŞURĂRII PROCESULUI PENAL

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Moldaviae: Stiinte Sociale, 2007
The article tackles the problem of mending of the material damage due to illicit actions of the penal pursuance institutions and of judicial instances, related to the unfolding of the penal process.
USM ADMIN
doaj  

His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales, the UK National Preventive Mechanism and the UN Optional Protocol for the Prevention of Torture. Prospects for Prison Reform and the Treatment of Prisoners

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales is mandated under domestic law to visit and report on prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners. The Inspectorate's detailed monitoring work provides valuable and authoritative insights into individual prison establishments as well as the overall conditions in prisons and the treatment
Isobel Renzulli
wiley   +1 more source

Empowerment for People With Lived Experience of the Justice System? Peer Leadership and the ‘Spectrum of Public Participation’

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing from Arnstein's original ladder model, and the political philosophy of Dewey, Fraser and Pitkin, it is argued that people with lived experience of the justice system require a coherent social movement if they are to be collectively empowered by lived experience consultations.
Aaron Hart
wiley   +1 more source

Recognising the Imminence of Suicide Risk—Reframing Positive Obligations Under the European Convention on Human Rights

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reframes the concept of imminence of suicide risk of mentally ill offenders under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which enshrines the right to life. The proposal is based on Article 2 domestic violence jurisprudence which has built its knowledge of lethal risk by reference to relevant expertise.
Sabina Garahan
wiley   +1 more source

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the Labour Rights of Incarcerated People: A Case Study of England and Wales

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the 2024 Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, entitled ‘Contemporary Forms of Slavery as Affecting Currently and Formerly Incarcerated People’, and assesses the regime in England and Wales on the basis of the Rapporteur's recommendations.
Virginia Mantouvalou
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Social Protection in the Apparel and Footwear Industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Beluche V., Giovanni, Salazar, Omar
core   +1 more source

Racialized Labour in the Colonial Food Regime: The Whitening of England's Farmworkers

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The crystallization of a colonial food regime in the 1870s centred around Britain is key to historical accounts of agrarian political economy. Yet such accounts have neglected the role of the agrarian proletariat in shaping this regime from below and its basis in racialized hierarchy.
Ben Richardson
wiley   +1 more source

Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Development and Evolution of the U.S. Law of Corporate Criminal Liability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the United States, corporate criminal liability developed in response to the industrial revolution and the rise in the scope and importance of corporate activities.
Beale, Sara Sun
core   +1 more source

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