Corporate Manslaughter in the Maritime and Aviation Industries
Published by Informa Law from Routledge
This book was published as the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 was being explored and provides expert analysis of the application of the evolving law in corporate manslaughter as it relates to the maritime and aviation industries.
It provides a useful tool for practitioners and students in this specialised area, as well as those working in maritime and aviation transport, such as those who are accountable under the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007; the Masters and Pilots who manage the risks; and the insurers who underwrite the cost of the risks.
Areas discussed include:
- The liability towards passengers and employees
- The prosecution of offenders
- Comparative analysis of corporate manslaughter in the wider, global industry
Selected Contents
- Introduction
- Examining the bottom line: A comparative study of the key players
- The evolution of corporate accountability
- The analysis of reform
- What society wanted, and what society got: The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
- The Corporate Manslaughter Act - Critical review by case study
- So near ... the Costa Concordia disaster
- Sentencing in corporate manslaughter: Domestic guidance, global consequence
- Crisis in civil aviation accountability
- Lessons to be shared
- In hazard: The next generation in the High Arctic
