evasion, blackmail, fraud, and kindred puzzles of the law /
First Statement of Responsibility
Leo Katz.
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Chicago :
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University of Chicago Press,
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1996.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 293 pages ;
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24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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APPE gift.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Unsolved crimes: an introduction -- Avoidance and evasion -- Blackmail and other criminal bargains -- The misappropriation of glory.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This work leads us through a tangled realm, with puzzles and dilemmas, to find the underlying principles that not only guide the law but our moral decisions as well. Katz aims to uncover what is really at stake in crimes such as insider trading, blackmail and plagiarism. He then goes on to look at their connections to cases that try to evade the law by finding refuge in it, from the convict who staves off execution by rendering himself incompetent with mind-altering drugs to companies that sell strategies to beat the SAT test.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Commercial crimes-- United States.
Extortion-- United States.
Fraud-- United States.
Insider trading in securities-- Law and legislation-- United States.