Criminal proceedings against legal entities

1 Abstract Criminal proceedings against legal entities This diploma thesis focuses on procedural provisions of Act No. 418/2011 Coll., On Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Proceedings against them, which has undergone many changes since the 1st January 2012 and is constantly evolving since the criminal liability of legal persons is in the legal order of the Czech Republic still a relatively novelty and therefore a current topic. The Act has been subject to criticism prior to its entry into force, which in some aspects is still up to date even today. Simultaneously with the development and changes of the law itself, the opinions of the professional public and professional literature are developing, which responds to these changes, but on some issues, it still awaits the relevant case law of higher courts. The work is divided into three parts. The first chapter deals with general issues of criminal liability of legal persons and their development in the Czech Republic. This part contains also a brief summary of the development of the Slovak regulation of the criminal liability of legal persons, which has been influenced and inspired by the Czech legislation, and it is interesting to see their mutual development in the future as well. In the second chapter, the diploma thesis deals with reasons of..