Punished corporations: how, why and for what? About criminal liability of legal persons.

Authors

  • Carlo Enrico Paliero Università Statale di Milano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22235/rd.v0i8.773

Keywords:

J guilt (law), misdemeanors, crimes, companies, crimes against property, criminal liability

Abstract

Abstract. Corporations – understood as economic microactors – can be object of punishment as a result of economic crimes. This article deals with the issue of joint liability of “corporate” crimes, taking into account three basic issues, to wit: a) whether corporations as entities must take responsibility for these crimes; b) if yes, for what things they must take responsibility, and c) in what capacity they would take responsibility. The body of the article revolves around these three thematic focuses. The first issue takes into account the septennial existence in Italy of a positive discipline of direct joint liability of entities for the crimes of their representatives; it is approached from the Italian law, though not exclusively. The second one, crucial crux of the dogma about imputation itself – for what things entities take responsibility – focuses on the analysis of the model in comparative law. The third one focuses on liability, guilt and imputability of legal entities and their representatives.

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Author Biography

Carlo Enrico Paliero, Università Statale di Milano

Catedrático de Derecho Penal de la Università Statale di Milano (Italia). Agradezco muy especialmente al P. Dr. Eduardo Casarotti SJ, a la Dra. Marta Hanna y a la Sra. María Cristina Dutto por su lectura y contribución.

Published

2016-01-26

How to Cite

Paliero, C. E. (2016). Punished corporations: how, why and for what? About criminal liability of legal persons. Revista De Derecho, (8), 171–204. https://doi.org/10.22235/rd.v0i8.773

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Section

Doctrine

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