Corporate Criminal Liability

Corporate Criminal Liability
Author: Mark Pieth
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2011-04-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 940070674X

With industrialization and globalization, corporations acquired the capacity to influence social life for good or for ill. Yet, corporations are not traditional objects of criminal law. Justified by notions of personal moral guilt, criminal norms have been judged inapplicable to fictional persons, who ‘think’ and ‘act’ through human beings. The expansion of new corporate criminal liability (CCL) laws since the mid-1990s challenges this assumption. Our volume surveys current practice on CCL in 15 civil and common law jurisdictions, exploring the legal conditions for liability, the principles and options for sanctioning, and the procedures for investigating, charging and trying corporate offenders. It considers whether municipal CCL laws are converging around the notion of ‘corporate culture’, and, in any case, the implications of CCL for those charged with keeping corporations, and other legal entities, out of trouble.

La responsabilité civile et pénale des administrateurs et membres du Comité de direction des sociétés anonymes

La responsabilité civile et pénale des administrateurs et membres du Comité de direction des sociétés anonymes
Author: Johan Vanden Eynde
Publisher: Anthemis
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2017-08-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 2807204120

Les Éditions Anthemis vous proposent un outil complet pour comprendre la responsabilité civile et pénale des administrateurs et des membres du comité de direction des sociétés anonymes. Dans cet ouvrage, l’auteur dresse l’état des lieux actuel de la responsabilité des administrateurs et des membres du comité de direction des sociétés anonymes, tant en matière civile qu’en matière pénale. À travers une synthèse riche et complète, sont ainsi présentées : - les caractéristiques de l’administration de la société anonyme (responsabilités, mandat, conseil d’administration, administrateurs) ; - les responsabilités à l’égard de la société anonyme qui découlent de cette mission administrative, la violation des règles pénales générales et les infractions civiles ; - la responsabilité de l’administrateur à l’égard des tiers (la faute, le dommage, le lien de causalité) ; - les responsabilités civiles et pénales des détenteurs de délégations particulières à l’égard des tiers ; - la mise en application de la responsabilité des administrateurs. Cet ouvrage intéressera toutes les personnes désireuses d’obtenir un panorama global de la responsabilité des dirigeants de sociétés anonymes. Un ouvrage écrit par des professionnels, pour des professionnels. À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS ANTHEMIS Anthemis est une maison d’édition spécialisée dans l’édition professionnelle, soucieuse de mettre à la disposition du plus grand nombre de praticiens des ouvrages de qualité. Elle s’adresse à tous les professionnels qui ont besoin d’une information fiable en droit, en économie ou en médecine.

Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Volume 13 (2006-2007)

Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Volume 13 (2006-2007)
Author: Eugene Cotran
Publisher: Yearbook of Islamic and Middle
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2008-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789004168626

Practitioners and academics dealing with the Middle East can turn to the Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law for an instant source of information on the developments over an entire year in the region. The Yearbook covers Islamic and non-Islamic legal subjects, including the laws themselves, of some twenty Arab and other Islamic countries. The publication's practical features include: - articles on current topics, - country surveys reflecting important new legislation and amendments to existing legislation per country, - the text of a selection of documents and important court cases, - a Notes and News section, and - book reviews.

Investment Regimes in the Arab World

Investment Regimes in the Arab World
Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This publication derives from a workshop on Attracting Investment in the Arab World held in Beirut 28-30 September 1998. Although several Arab countries have been successful in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), the flow to the Arab world has not kept pace with the upward global trend. These papers examine the issues with respect to the regulatory and institutional frameworks for investment and include case studies on Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.

The Cancellation of Election Results

The Cancellation of Election Results
Author: European Commission for Democracy through Law
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789287166517

Electoral law, like all other fields of law, Is effective only if it provides for sanctions. The cancellation of elections results, The most serious of sanctions, Is in general linked To The most serious of irregularities, especially when its effects are felt beyond a small constituency. However, small technical inaccuracies may affect election results if the difference in votes is minimal, As recent examples such as the notorious 2000 United States presidential elections have shown. This book aims to determine when electoral disputes should lead to such a consequence, based on the practice of national, constitutional and supreme courts throughout Europe, As well as on the practice of the European Court of Human Rights. This publication contains the reports presented at the Seminar on Cancellation of Election Results, organised by the Venice Commission in co-operation with the Constitutional Court of Malta And The Maltese Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, On 14 and 15 November 2008.