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Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Compliance Program
Bureš, Richard ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (advisor) ; Tejnská, Katarína (referee)
The author of this thesis discusses the subject of criminal liability of legal persons and focuses primarily on the analysis of the most important substantive provisions of the Act. No. 418/2011 coll., which describe criminal liability of legal entities and proceedings against them (hereinafter ZTOPO) and entered into force on 1st January 2012. This act is still well- discussed and current even after 6 years of being in force, which can be seen by the number of amendments done to it since it became effective. This thesis aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the issue of criminal liability of legal persons and at the same time tries to capture the most important changes that have been made due to these 9 amendments. The thesis is divided into five parts. In the first part, the author deals with the historical background of criminal liability of legal persons. This part also contains path to the adoption of ZTOPO. The second and the third parts are the core of this paper. In the second part, the author analyses the imputability and the structure of criminal liability of legal entities in the Czech Republic. One part of this section is dedicated to the scope of criminalization of legal entities. The third part of the thesis deals with the possibility of legal entity to be exculpated through the...
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Criminal Liability of Legal Entities
Bureš, Richard ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (advisor) ; Tejnská, Katarína (referee)
In the thesis titled Criminal Liability of Legal Entities, the author focuses on the introduction of a relatively new institute (set of laws) of Legal Entities' criminal liability. This was introduced into the Czech legal system by Act No. 418/2011 Coll. on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and proceedings against them taking effect from 1st January 2012. The whole thesis is divided into 13 chapters, in which the topics related to the regulation of Criminal Liability of Legal Entities are discussed in detail. An emphasis is placed primarily on the substantive aspects of the Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities ("the Act"). The beginning of the work describes historical development of the institute of Criminal Liability of Legal Entities in continental Europe and countries governed by common law. Subsequently the thesis focuses on the adoption of the Act in the Czech Republic. Czech Republic is among one of the last countries in the European Union to adopt the Act. The thesis also focuses on the analysis of the basic substantive provisions of the Act. Furthermore, the author elaborates on the extent of criminalization of the Legal Entitys' actions, the institute of imputability of a criminal offense to a legal entity or the possibility of depriving a legal entity of criminal liability. The...
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Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Compliance Program
Bureš, Richard ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (advisor) ; Tejnská, Katarína (referee)
The author of this thesis discusses the subject of criminal liability of legal persons and focuses primarily on the analysis of the most important substantive provisions of the Act. No. 418/2011 coll., which describe criminal liability of legal entities and proceedings against them (hereinafter ZTOPO) and entered into force on 1st January 2012. This act is still well- discussed and current even after 6 years of being in force, which can be seen by the number of amendments done to it since it became effective. This thesis aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the issue of criminal liability of legal persons and at the same time tries to capture the most important changes that have been made due to these 9 amendments. The thesis is divided into five parts. In the first part, the author deals with the historical background of criminal liability of legal persons. This part also contains path to the adoption of ZTOPO. The second and the third parts are the core of this paper. In the second part, the author analyses the imputability and the structure of criminal liability of legal entities in the Czech Republic. One part of this section is dedicated to the scope of criminalization of legal entities. The third part of the thesis deals with the possibility of legal entity to be exculpated through the...
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