Faculty of Law

University of Delhi

LL.M. Course Material

Paper No.YLM-209

Corporate and White Collar Crime

Reading Material by Dr.Seema Singh

Syllabus

Topic1

(a) Evolution of the Concept of Economic Crimes

(b) Emergence of Economic Crimes in India

Topic2

(a) White Collar Crime: Definitional issues, Sutherland’s Definition of White

Collar Crimes, Relationship with other types of crimes, Blue Collar Crime,
Corporate Crime, Organized trans-national Crime, Occupational Crime
(b) Explanation of White Collar Criminality: Social Learning Theory: (a)
Sutherland’s Differential Association theory (b) Differential Reinforcement
theory (c) Neutralization Theory
(c) Rationalization of White Collar Offences

Topic3

Development of the Corporate crime, Impact of Industrial Revolution and

advancement of technologies and scientific developments on corporate crimes.

Nature, Extent and consequences of corporate corruption, Prominent patterns

and incidences, Corporate Tax Evasion

Topic4
(a) Theories of Corporate Criminal Liability :Theory of Vicarious Liability,
Identification Theory, Aggregation Theory
(b) Analysis of corporate criminal liability in India, USA and UK

Topic5

Special Enforcement Procedure

(a) Issues in detection, investigation, prosecution and trial

(b) Sentencing policy and practices with respect to economic offences.
(c) Difficulty in the enforcement of laws

Topic6

Study of selected legislations in India

(a) Provisions in the Companies Act 2013 to prevent corporate frauds.

(b) The Prevention of Corruption Act,1988
(c) The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment)Act 2012
(d) Food Safety and Standards Act,2006 and Food Safety and Standard
Rules,2011