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Modely trestní odpovědnosti právnických osob v různých právních systémech (se zaměřením na systémy common law)
| Title in English | Models of criminal liability of legal persons in different law systems (focused on common law systems) |
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Trestní odpovědnost právnických osob |
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| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | criminal liability of legal person; accountability; strict liability and vicarious liability; alter ego liability; aggregation liability; holistic theory; contemporary evolution of liability; corporate culture |
| Description | Criminal liability of legal persons originates from common law systems. These countries do not have the same approach and unified odel of collective liability. Under consideration are different forms of objective or specific most important forms of criminal liability of legal persons are the doctrines of strict liability and the vicarious liability, the identification theory - alter ego, the doctrine aggregation and modern holistic theories. Contemporary evolutional trends are usually combination of these theories and approaches. The theories and approaches are influence by level so-called corporation culture namely all indicators behaviour of legal entity via responsible officials or different bodies inside and outside. |