from Part I - Criminal Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 July 2025
In this chapter, we critically reflect on the different paths adopted by the English and German criminal law systems in relation to corporate wrongdoing. English law (and much of the common law world along with it) readily accepts that corporations can commit crimes and be convicted for their criminality. German law (and much of the civil law world with it) has been more resistant to extending the criminal law to corporate persons. At present, both jurisdictions are in the process of re-evaluating their positions somewhat, and both seem to be moving in the direction of facilitating the application of the criminal law to corporations. We evaluate recent developments in both systems, and offer a tentative proposal as to how the law should develop in both jurisdictions.
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