After long discussions about the introduction of corporate criminal liability, the German
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection presented a first draft bill for a new
Corporate Sanctions Act in August 2019. The act introduces a major shift in German
Criminal law by proposing severe sanctions on companies for corporate criminal offenses. It
includes regulations on internal investigations, compliance management systems and legal
privilege. Since it was published, the act is discussed intensely among legal experts, politicians
and the public. The following article presents the most important provisions of the
draft bill. In addition, the authors compare the act to further jurisdiction’s legislation,
discuss potential impacts on companies, and provide proposals for improvements for the
further legislative process
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:36365 |
| Date | 02 December 2019 |
| Creators | Grützner, Thomas, Momsen, Carsten, Menne, Jonas |
| Publisher | Universität Leipzig, University of Miami |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-362657, qucosa:36265 |
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