The liability of legal persons for criminal offenses is regulated differently in different countries for different historical and cultural reasons. Some individual countries insist on the ancient maxim societas delinquere non potest, but countries that accept the responsibility of legal persons for crimes predominate. Individual national regulations in this area differ mainly in the circle of organizations responsible for criminal offenses, the type of criminal offenses for which they are responsible, the criteria on the basis of which they can be liable for criminal offenses and the sanctions that can be imposed. Regarding the liability of legal entities, there is a tendency to recognize the liability of legal entities as a special form of criminal liability adapted to the characteristics of legal entities. The master's thesis does not deal with the entire issue of corporate liability but focuses on basic concepts and briefly presents the regulation of some European countries.
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