Sanctioning of legal persons Abstract The thesis Sanctioning of legal persons consists of seven parts. Th first part of the thesis deals with the theme of international and European sources of law of the criminal liability of legal persons. Furthermore, there is cited history of criminal liability of legal persons abroad and further in the Czech Republic since the end of 20th century to present. The second part of the thesis comprises explanation of the basic instruments of Czech Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Persons like personal scope, range of criminalization of behaviour of legal persons and imputability of the behaviour of individuals to criminal liable legal person. The third part of the thesis comprises general explanation of sanctioning of legal persons and availability of usage of some legal institutes comprised in Czech Criminal Code against legal persons. The fourth part encompasses each single legal sanction comprised in the Third part of the Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Persons. The fifth part of the thesis encompasses explanation of so-called diversions in criminal proceedings against legal persons. In the sixth part there is an insight into selected foreign legislations of criminal liability of legal persons. The seventh part of the thesis encompasses statistical details of the...

Criminal liability of legal persons Abstract The author of the thesis deals with the issue of criminal liability of legal persons, from the position of her advocate. The purpose of the study is to stress the need to introduce this institute into the legal systems of democratic states, but at the same time to deal with the problems brought by its Czech substantive law. In the first part of the thesis the author discusses the legal aspect of criminal liability of legal persons, summarizes opinions for and against the introduction of criminal liability of legal persons, and examines the criminological aspects of corporate crime. The second part of the thesis focuses on the differences, advantages and disadvantages of three basic models of criminal liability of legal persons - true, false and administrative. The author commends that the Czech Republic has proceeded to introduce true criminal liability of legal persons. The third part explains the term legal person itself. In the pivotal fourth part of the thesis, the author deals critically with the individual substantive provisions of the Czech law implementing the criminal liability of legal persons and proposes a solution de lege ferenda. The last part evaluates the whole issue using statistical data on the number of convicted legal persons in the Czech...

Topic of my diploma thesis is The Administrative punishment of legal persons. Lability of legal entities is considered to be very actual and controversial at the present time not only in the Czech republic, in connection with criminal law refom, but in the whole Europe. The solution of problematic question of effective sentencing legal persons and detering them from other illegal activities, has been a frequent issue of political profesional a nonspecialists discussion during the last ten years. This thesis describes czech system of public liability of legal entities, which is suffering from numerous imperfections. In the first chapter I define and specify administrative punishment and its basic principles, focusing on principle of humanity, principle of legality in its four forms (nulla crimen sine lege stricta, scripta, certa, praevia) and principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression. The following chapter is focused on administrative liability of legal person. The theory of legal persons as a mere fictions is obsolete and they are considered to be real and self-dependent legal subjects with potency to act. Unfortunatelly, very often they act unlawfully. The consequences of this conduct may often be huge and very difficult to restore. In this chapter I define legal entity, using civil and...

This thesis deals with selected issues in sanctioning of legal persons. In particular, it focuses on sanctions applicable to legal persons under the act on criminal liability of legal persons. I selected this topic since I am interested in criminal law, especially in criminal liability of legal persons. I decided to focus on sanctioning of legal persons, or more precisely on selected issues thereof, since there are many reasons why this topic is subject of passionate discussions about the act. Based on theoretical and practical findings, this thesis aims to analyze whether the current state of law in the area of sanctioning of legal persons in the act on criminal liability of legal persons is perfect and fully sufficient, or whether it requires amending. The preface introduces the topic of sanctioning of criminal persons and the structure and the main goals of this thesis. Subsequently, the thesis is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter deals with theoretical issues. It covers different approaches to sanctioning of legal persons throughout Europe and key arguments both in favor and against the introduction of new regulation of sanctioning of legal persons in the Czech Republic. The second chapter covers basic provisions of sanctioning of legal persons in the act on criminal liability of...

This thesis deals with sanctioning of legal persons under the Act No. 418/2011 Coll., on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Legal Proceedings against them (hereinafter referred to as "Act"). The main part of the paper consists in detailed analysis of the sanctions that may be imposed on legal persons. The main goal of the thesis was to evaluate this relatively new area of legislation which has not been amended to this day in any significant way. Special focus was given to the evaluation of whether the effective legislation in question is complex, sufficient and flawless or whether any amendment is necessary. The preface introduces the main topic, goals and the structure of the thesis. The thesis in general is divided into four parts. The second part deals with the basic institutes related to the criminal liability of legal persons and their sanctioning. The character of legal persons is defined, as well as the range of relevant legal entities on which the legislation in question is applicable. Also different approaches to the sanctioning of legal entities are introduced followed by brief analysis of the basic principles of the criminal liability of legal persons in Czech Republic in accordance with the principle of imputability of a crime to a legal person. The focal point of the thesis can...

Název disertační práce v anglickém jazyce, abstrakt v anglickém jazyce a 3 klíčová slova v anglickém jazyce Název disertační práce v anglickém jazyce: Selected issues of criminal liability of legal entities Abstrakt v anglickém jazyce: The author of the propounded thesis is dealing with a controversial issue of criminal sanctioning of legal entities in selected countries of the European Union. With the presented topic of criminal liability of legal entities is not only engaged the specialized public in the Czech Republic, but it is also a controversial theme among other European states. The topic remains current, as is witnessed not only by the frequent expert conferences, but also by the legislative activity in the Czech Republic, neighbouring countries and other parts of Europe. It is clear that individual legislators are still seeking the optimal embedding of effective sanctions against legal entities, including related penal institutes. The second chapter of this thesis is devoted to valid and effective international and transnational documents, which are closer examined. Due to the fact that each of the sources contains just general requirements, a number of states are positively assessed when implementing the transnational and international commitments, because these states, except few of them,...

Presented dissertation is devoted to the criminal means of dealing with organized crime. Recently the organized crime has undoubtedly belonged to the category of most serious problems that the individual countries, including the Czech Republic, have had to cope with especially in the field of legislature. In our country this phenomenon became more visible after the fall of the totalitarian regime when the borders were opened. This resulted in the boost in the activity of foreign criminal societies and domestic criminal societies consequently. However, at the beginning the Czech legislature did not take any serious action thus providing free space for the organized crime to establish itself in the Czech Republic. It was the intensive calls for an action that would react to the current situation which spurred the legislature to make several more or less crucial changes prevailing up to now. When dealing with the organized crime, the tools of criminal substantive as well as procedural law appear to be the most effective ones. The organized crime as the most serious type of group crime can be effectively dealt with only through specific criminal-law institutes and mechanisms which can adequately fight against this phenomenon as far as revealing the perpetrators, penalizing and finally destroying the...

1 Abstract This diploma thesis deals with the analysis of the issue of sanctioning of legal persons as well as with selected aspects of criminal liability of legal persons. The main reason why I chose this topic is my deep interest in analyzing the discussed issues together with the evaluation of the current state of the Act No. 418/2011 Coll., On Criminal Liability of Legal Persons and the Proceedings against them, and on the basis of this evaluation to submit proposals for improvement. At the beginning of this work, the reader will find a presentation of the basic structure, along with an outline of the main goals of the thesis, and then it will be divided into five basic chapters. The first chapter defines the basic concepts of criminal liability of legal persons related to their sanctioning. There is a theoretical definition of a legal person due to the absence of a definition of this term in czech criminal law. After defining the theoretical basis of criminal liability of legal persons, the development of this institute is outlined, together with the question of sanctioning the legal persons that are primarily involved in this work. The second chapter focuses on the development of criminal liability of legal persons. Due to the fact that origin of the criminal liability of legal persons is in the...

7 Abstract Criminal liability of legal persons in the context of public procurements The presented thesis deals with criminal liability of legal persons who take part in procedure of public procurement. Thesis operates with Act No. 134/2016 Coll., Public Procurement Procedure Act (hereinafter also referred to as "PPP") taking in regard the former legislation Act No. 137/2006 Coll., Public Procurement Act. In context of future changes, it is dealt with Act No. 418/2011 Coll., Criminal Liability of Legal Persons and Proceedings against Them (hereinafter also as "TOPO"), whereas attention is focused on amendment of TOPO, which is the Act No. 183/2016 Sb., effective from 1st December of 2016. The Introductory chapter deals with public procurements and offers a brief insight into this subject matter. It defines the term of Public Procurement, specifies the term of contracting authority and gives a general overview of the procedure along with applicable principles. By the end the chapter summarizes some of the most significant changes brought by the new Act on PPP. The second chapter looks into some of the aspects of criminal liability of legal persons related to public procurements, which involves specific sanctions for legal persons from participation in public procurement procedure or sanction of...

Facing the phenomenon of organized crime, the criminal justice system for legal persons is confronted with the need to adapt the theoretical structures in order to provide an answer to the challenges rising from the high degree complexity and volatility, common qualities of the contemporary societies. t he modern legislations claim different solutions, such as the vicarious liability “act like someone else” or “be in someone else’s place”, which allows transferring the responsibility or guilt of a person. t his, among others, is recognized as a dual justice system. It is believed that a specific justice system for legal persons should be reached and, taking into account its peculiarities, make it coexist with the proper system for physical persons. / Frente al fenómeno de la criminalidad organizada, el sistema de imputación penal para las personas jurídicas se enfrenta con la necesidad de adecuar las construcciones teóricas a fin de brindar respuesta a los desafíos que emergen del alto grado de complejidad y volatilidad que caracteriza a las sociedades contemporáneas. e n las legislaciones modernas se han ensayado diversas soluciones, tales como el sistema vicarial “del actuar por otro” o “en lugar de otro”, que permite transferir a la persona jurídica la responsabilidad o culpabilidad de su representante; el reconocimiento de un doble sistema de imputación, entre otros. Creemos que debe avanzarse hacia un sistema específico de imputación para las personas jurídicas que atendiendo a sus particularidades coexista con el sistema propio para las personas físicas.