Criminal sanctions against legal persons and their limitations due to the ne bis in idem principle
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https://doi.org/10.46941/2025.se1.5Schlagworte:
Criminal sanctions against legal persons, corporate criminal sanctions, ne bis in idem.Abstract
This study examines the system of criminal sanctions applicable to legal persons. The introduction and first part of the paper briefly outlines some general questions and the systematization of sanctions. The sections that follow respectively introduce and discuss various types of corporate criminal sanctions. Thereafter, the principles of sanctioning are examined. The final section is devoted to examining the limitations of sanctions due to the ne bis in idem principle.
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