Criminalising Cartels: Critical Studies of an International Regulatory Movement
by Beaton-Wells (9781849460255)

This book is inspired by the international movement towards the criminalisation of cartel conduct over the last decade. Led by US enforcers, criminalisation has been supported by a growing number of regulators and governments. It derives its support from the simple yet persuasive proposition that criminal sanctions, particularly jail time, are the most effective deterrent to such activity. However, criminalisation is much more complex than that basic proposition suggests. There is complexity both in terms of the various forces that are driving and shaping the movement (economic, political and social) and in the effects on the various actors involved in it (government, enforcement agencies, the business community, legal profession, and general public). Featuring contributions from authors who have been at the forefront of the debate around the world, this substantial 17 chapter volume captures the complexity of the criminalisation phenomenon and considers its implications for building a

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