White-collar crime has become an area of significant interest for academics, practitioners,policy makers, and those with an interest in corporate affairs. However, this sudden surge ofinterest lacks a tradition of scholarship in Ireland. Moreover, new laws governing thecorporate and financial sectors have also precipitated an increasingly intense demand forlegal advice on securing compliance and from those seeking to defend themselves againstprosecutions and other enforcement actions.However, as relatively few criminal investigations and prosecutions were conducted in thepast, there is a relative dearth of published materials available for practitioners andresearchers in the field. Moreover, even to the extent that published literature is available, itrarely reflects the experiences of those involved in investigating, prosecuting and defendingwhite-collar crime cases. This book provides that foundation. It is also unique in that it iswritten by the leading senior practitioners, academics and regulators in this field. Theyprovide the definitive account of the substantive and procedural law on white collar crime.This work is likely to stimulate an extensive conversation on corporate regulation andgovernance, both in Ireland and further afield.
