Criminal Liability of Legal Entities

In the thesis titled Criminal Liability of Legal Entities, the author focuses on the introduction of a relatively new institute (set of laws) of Legal Entities' criminal liability. This was introduced into the Czech legal system by Act No. 418/2011 Coll. on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and proceedings against them taking effect from 1st January 2012. The whole thesis is divided into 13 chapters, in which the topics related to the regulation of Criminal Liability of Legal Entities are discussed in detail. An emphasis is placed primarily on the substantive aspects of the Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities ("the Act"). The beginning of the work describes historical development of the institute of Criminal Liability of Legal Entities in continental Europe and countries governed by common law. Subsequently the thesis focuses on the adoption of the Act in the Czech Republic. Czech Republic is among one of the last countries in the European Union to adopt the Act. The thesis also focuses on the analysis of the basic substantive provisions of the Act. Furthermore, the author elaborates on the extent of criminalization of the Legal Entitys' actions, the institute of imputability of a criminal offense to a legal entity or the possibility of depriving a legal entity of criminal liability. The..