scholarly journals THE LAWS OF ESTONIA ON THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF LEGAL ENTITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  

The article is devoted to the issues of criminal liability of legal entities in the Republic of Estonia, established by the Penitentiary Code of the Republic of Estonia in 2001. It is noted that the model of criminal liability is implemented in Estonian legislation, in which a legal entity is recognized as the subject of a guilty act. At the same time, only legal entities of private law can be held criminally liable, while the law does not provide for the prosecution of public legal entities. It is indicated that a legal entity is liable in the event of committing guilty acts (crimes and misconduct) in the interests of the relevant legal entity by its body, a member of this body, a senior employee or a competent representative. The main and additional types of criminal penalties for legal entities are considered.

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  

The article is devoted to the issues of criminal liability of legal entities in the Republic of Latvia, established in 2005 by amending the Criminal Law of the Republic of Latvia. Attention is drawn to the fact that in the Latvian legislation a model of criminal liability is implemented, in which a legal entity is recognized not as a subject of a crime, but as a subject of criminal liability, to which measures of a coercive nature provided for by the Criminal Law are applied. At the same time, only legal entities of private law are subject to criminal liability, while the law does not provide for bringing public legal entities to criminal liability. The reasons for the application of enforcement measures to legal entities and the types of such measures are considered. It is indicated that compulsory measures against a legal entity can be applied for a criminal act if it was committed in the interests of the relevant legal entity, in its favor or as a result of improper supervision on its part by a responsible individual who acted individually or as part of a collegial body of a legal entity. In this case, a specially authorized person means a person who acted: on the basis of the right to represent a legal entity or act on its behalf; on the basis of the right to make decisions on behalf of a legal entity; or on the basis of the right to exercise control within a legal entity. The author considers the enforcement measures applied to legal entities (liquidation; restriction of rights; confiscation of property; monetary recovery), as well as criminal procedural issues of the application of compulsory measures to legal entities.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  

The article is dedicated to the review of the laws of the Republic of Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) on criminal liability of legal entities established in 2004 by introduction of amendments and supplements to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Macedonia. The article analyzes legal resolutions allowing consideration of a legal entity as a criminal liability subject; gives a scope of legal entities which can be brought to criminal liability; focuses on the fact that legal entities in the Republic of Macedonia may not be brought to criminal liability for any acts acknowledged as punishable by the national criminal laws, rather for the acts which are specifically addressed in the articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Macedonia or other criminal laws. The author reviews such types of criminal sanctions applicable to legal entities as a fine, legal entity liquidation, forfeiture and sentence publication; notes the circumstances taken into account at punishment imposition and conditions for release from punishment as well as criminal and procedural peculiarities of bringing legal entities to liability including indication of broad discretionary powers of a prosecutor in solution of issues on bringing legal entities to criminal liability.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  

The article is dedicated to review of the laws of the Republic of Slovenia on the criminal liability of legal entities; the main acts are the Special Law on the Liability of Legal Entities for Criminal Offenses of 1999 and the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia. The article reviews statutory resolutions making it possible to review a legal entity as a criminal liability subject; gives a number of persons, which can be brought to criminal liability; focuses on the fact that legal entities can be brought to criminal liability in the Republic of Slovenia for a limited number of acts (crimes) defined by the law; considers criminal sanctions applicable to legal entities: fi ne, forfeiture of property, legal entity liquidation, prohibition to place securities held by a legal entity; reviews the possibility of imposition of a conditional sentence on a legal entity and the security measures applicable to legal entities, including: sentence publication and prohibition to engage in specific commercial activities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  
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The article is dedicated to the general issues of establishment of the criminal liability of legal entities in the Slovak Republic (Slovakia). Similarity of prerequisites for introduction of such liability in the Slovak Republic is noted. Gradual establishment of criminal liability of legal entities in Slovakia is noted, initially it was by means of amendment of the Criminal Code of Slovakia by Law No. 224/2010, which allows for using such “protective measures” as redemption and deprivation of property in relation to legal entities, then it was by means of adoption of Law No. 91/2016 on criminal liability of legal entities. Basic provisions of the Slovak law on criminal liability of legal entities are considered. The attention is paid to the fact that in the Slovak Republic there is a so-called selective criminalization as to the criminal liability of legal entities, when they can be held criminally liable not for all crimes specified in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovakia, but only for those of them, which are specified in the special Law No. 91/2016. A list of crimes, for which criminal liability is possible for legal entities, and conditions under which a crime is admitted to be committed by a legal entity, is specified. It is specified, which types of legal entities are foreseen by the Slovak law, and noted that not all of them can be the subjects of criminal liability according to the national laws. The effect of the criminal law is considered in relation to legal entities that have committed crimes in the territory of the Slovak Republic and outside it. The article contains the description of the types of criminal punishments of legal entities, which include: liquidation of the legal entity; deprivation of property; deprivation; penalty; prohibition to carry out activity; prohibition to receive subsidies and grants; prohibition to receive assistance and support from funds of the European Union; prohibition to participate in state procurement; publication of conviction.


2019 ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
V.V. Sukhonos

The article is devoted to administrative legal personality, which is part of the structure of the administrative-legal personality of private legal entities. At the same time, it is argued that, on their own, the rules of law cannot influence the behavior of their addressees, therefore the only instrument by which legal regulation is used to help ensure such influence is the mechanism of legal regulation within which the functions of law are implemented, and specific life situations are addressed. It is noted that, like any state mechanism, the mechanism of legal regulation consists of the relevant elements, namely: norms of law, legal relations, and acts of realization of rights and obligations. Thus, we can conclude that the disclosure of the features of the mechanism of legal regulation is possible only if a thorough study of its elements. Thus, each state that there is no language and there can be no legal regulation, which in its nature and nature is different from other types of regulation. It should also be remembered that, at its core, legal regulation is not material but is done through the consciousness and will of the people. It is perfect. However, any ideal process cannot occur without the participation of matter. Based on all the above, it can be stated that one of the constituent parts of the mechanism of legal regulation is legal relations. It should be remembered that public relations also have an internal structure to which the subject, object, and content relate. However, the absence of at least one of the elements of the relationship automatically complicates, or even precludes their very existence. The same rule applies to the mechanism of legal regulation. Thus, the study of each of the components of the mechanism of legal regulation has the same scientific significance and importance as the study of the mechanism itself. Therefore, if we conduct a study of administrative-legal personality, then it must take into account its place and the impact on legal regulation as a whole. Legal personality nowadays also exists in administrative law, although the very concept of “legal personality”, as a certain characteristic of a legal entity, originally originated in civil law. However, it should be remembered that the method of administrative law is significantly different from civil law, and therefore the use of civil law expertise in the field of legal personality should be used with extreme caution. In his desire to ensure state control and the possibility of applying state coercion, the legislator adapted the rules of public law to the construction of a legal entity of private law. On this basis, it should be noted that different types of legal entities under private law would have different levels of administrative capacity. That is why the legal capacity of legal persons under private law can be recognized as administrative law, both social and legal capacity, and the need to be the subject of administrative-legal relations. Keywords: administrative-legal personality, legal entity, private law, mechanism of legal regulation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  
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The article is dedicated to the issues of introduction of criminal liability of legal entities in Hungary. Attention is paid to the fact that the establishment of criminal liability of legal entities in this country has been largely caused by the need for bringing its national laws in compliance with the provisions of a number of acts of the European Union (EU) and its membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The Hungarian legal acts on criminal liability of legal entities are reviewed; the main of them are the special omnibus law On Measures Applicable to Legal Entities within the Framework of Criminal Law 2001 which came into effect on May 1, 2004, and contains provisions of criminal and criminal procedure law as well as the Hungarian Criminal Code 2012 which came into effect on July 1, 2013. It is indicated that under the Hungarian laws, a legal entity is a criminal liability subject criminal law measures are applicable to. At the same time, it is highlighted that not all legal entities can be held criminally liable. It is noted that criminal liability of legal entities is possible in case of any willful violation of the Hungarian Criminal Code by an individual acting in the interests of a legal entity in case of the presence of conditions stipulated by the law. Criminal law measures applicable to legal entities are named: liquidation, fine, restriction of activity. A conclusion is made that in Hungary, criminal liability of a legal entity is understood as application of criminal law measures to a legal entity by court in the course of a criminal procedure in the event of a willful crime (criminally punishable act) committed by an individual acting in the interests of the corresponding legal entity upon the presence of conditions stipulated by the law On Measures Applicable to Legal Entities within the Framework of Criminal Law 2001.


2018 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 09007
Author(s):  
Vitaliy Peshkov ◽  
Tatiana Doroshenko ◽  
Irina Sukhanova

The purpose of the study is to analyze the problems of applying the laws on regulated purchases No. 44-FZ and No. 223-FZ when reorganizing legal entities on the example of transformation of a unitary enterprise into a joint-stock company. The subject of this research is the system of regulated procurement by certain types of legal entities, and purchases implemented within the contract system of the Russian Federation. The subject of the study is the organization of the procurement system by the customer during the transition from the rules established by the Law No. 44-FZ to the rules established by the Law No. 223-FZ (and vice versa). To achieve this purpose, the following research objectives are set: 1) to analyze the issues occurring during the transition period when reorganizing legal entities; 2) to systematize the results of the research; 3) to suggest measures to improve the process of changing the system of regulated purchases by the customer. The authors studied the issues of applying the laws on regulated purchases No. 44-FZ and No. 223-FZ when reorganizing legal entities, as well as when changing normative regulation as referred to the procurement system used by a legal entity. The analysis of the process of reorganization of a unitary enterprise into a joint-stock company in the form of transformation regarding the transition from the Law No. 44-FZ to the Law No. 223-FZ has been conducted, issues identified and a set of recommendations for their solution developed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 76-80
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  

The article is dedicated to review of the laws of the Republic of Croatia on the criminal liability of legal entities; the main acts are the Special Law on the Liability of Legal Entities for Criminal Offenses of 2003, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia and the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Croatia. The article reviews statutory resolutions making it possible to review a legal entity as a criminal liability subject; gives a number of legal entities, which can be brought to criminal liability; focuses on the fact that legal entities can be brought to criminal liability in the Republic of Croatia for any acts defined by the law as crimes; considers criminal punishments (sanctions) applicable to legal entities: fi ne and legal entity liquidation; reviews the possibility of imposition of a conditional sentence on a legal entity; reviews the security measures applicable to legal entities, including: professional prohibitions (prohibitions to perform specific activities or transactions), prohibitions to perform transactions using national or local budgetary funds, prohibitions to receive licenses, permissions, subventions or concessions provided by national bodies; sentence publication and forfeiture.


Author(s):  
Gheorghe Renita ◽  

In the Republic of Moldova, individuals and legal entities, respectively, can be held criminally liable for handling an event and for arranged bets. It was found that the subject of the offense of arranged betting has the special quality of a person who knows with certainty about the existence of an agreement regarding the cheating of the betting event. It is also not excluded that the organizer of the arranged bet may be the organizer of the bet. In fact, these games of chance can only work and be maintained if the majority of those who bet, lose more than they win. Last but not least, it has been established that those who commit harmful acts in cyberspace, who are liable to criminal liability for handling an event and for arranged bets (and not only), cannot remain incognito. They need to be identified and differentiated from justice.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  

The article is dedicated to a review of the laws on criminal liability of legal entities of a partially recognized state, the Republic of Kosovo. Its main acts are the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo, the special Law on the Liability of Legal Entities for Criminal Offenses and the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kosovo, which came into force on January 1, 2013. The publication reviews statutory resolutions allowing considering a legal entity a criminal liability subject; pays attention to the fact that legal entities in the Republic of Kosovo may be brought to criminal liability for any actions acknowledged as crimes by the national criminal laws with no exceptions; specifies articles of the General Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo, provisions of which are applied to bringing legal entities to criminal liability; reviews such criminal sanction types applicable to legal entities as a fi ne, liquidation of a legal entity, property forfeiture; analyzes circumstances considered at punishment imposition and the conditions for release from punishment. The author notes the criminal procedure peculiarities of bringing legal entities to liability.


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