How Criminal Liability of Juristic Persons Depends on the Concept of Juristic Persons in Private Law

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angličtina
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How Criminal Liability of Juristic Persons Depends on the Concept of Juristic Persons in Private Law
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The purpose of this article is to show the reason why criminal liability of juristic persons depends on the definition of the concept of juristic persons in private law. For the juristic person to be capable of being liable for criminal acts, it should be devised as an independent entity that has a will of its own, distinct from that of the people who make up the juristic person, thereby relying on the organic theory. The juristic person cannot be regarded as a mere 'fiction' where its representatives'will 'is deemed' to be its own will. The Czech law on criminal liability of juristic persons is therefore based on the organic theory. This law only provides for criminal liability of juristic persons. However, it is left to private law to determine whata juristic person is and what its acts are. Thus, a juristic person can only be the perpetrator of a criminal act if this is made possible by its construction in private law. But Czech private law currently stems from the theory of ficti
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J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
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AG - Legal sciences
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

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2015
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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