Scope of preventive efforts of legal person and the possibility of reversing the burden of proof

Abstract

The chapter deals with the scope of measures (efforts) that a legal entity must make in order to avoid criminal conduct of persons listed in Section 8 par. a) - d) of the Corporate Criminal Liability Act. It also deals with the way in which these measures are demonstrated - ie the possibility of shifting the burden of proof to a legal person (corporation) in the case of proving the efforts made to prevent crime.

Keywords

• corporate criminal liability
• the attribution
• burden of proof