Sanctioning of legal persons

77 6 The topic of this thesis is one of the esential segments of corporate criminal lability, sanctioning of legal persons. Corporate criminal lability was incorporated to czech legal order by by the Act No. 418/2011 Sb., Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Proceedings Against Them (hereinafter as "the Act"), that came into force on 1. 1. 2012 and ever since penal sanctions can be imposed on legal persons. Main goals of the thesis are to introduce the theme to readers and critical evaluation of sanctioning in the Act. The first chapter deals with general questions of corporate criminal lability and explanation of basic condions of the criminal lability. There are also mentioned the main issues of possibility of attribution of a criminal act to a legal entity. The second charter is dedicated to sanctioning of legal persons in general. The chapter analyzes basic differences between sanctioning of legal persons and natural persons, that cause modification of purpose and principles of sanctioning of legal persons. It also covers different approaches in variability of sanctions in legal orders of european countries. The third, most important, chapter analyzes each particular sanction under the Act. It points out defects of the sanctioning and there are also mentioned critical comments of legal..