Criminal liability of legal entities in the area of environmental protection

The purpose of this thesis is to assess the new legislation on criminal liability of legal entities in the area of environmental protection. At the beginning the thesis deals with the core terms of the whole thesis, which means environment and legal entities and it describes tort liability in the area of environmental protection in general. Then focuses in detail on the criminal liability of legal entities, which is relatively new institute for the law of the Czech Republic. It deals with the development of legislation, including the international and EU development and proceedings against legal entities and sanctions, which may be imposed. One of the chapters is devoted to the detailed specification of crimes against the environment, which can be committed by legal entities. The conclusion of the whole thesis is devoted to the use of the new legislation in the area of environmental protection in practice and its comparison with the legislation in the Netherlands