Law as last resort
Subtitle: prosecution decision-making in a regulatory agency
By: Keith Hawkins.
Series: Oxford socio-legal studies; Oxford socio-legal studies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
Subjects: Prosecution -- Great Britain -- Decision making; Industrial safety -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Criminal provisions
Description: In almost all legal disputing, formalities are employed as a last resort. This text presents a new theory of decision making exploring the conditions under which prosecution is employed to handle troublesome occupational health and safety problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-473) and index.