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Title
Corporate criminal liability in South Africa |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7198 |
Date
2019 |
Author(s)
Lewis, Lodea |
Contributor(s)
Riekie, Wandrag |
Abstract
Magister Legum - LLM - Criminal law defines certain standards of human behaviour as crimes, which is inherently linked to culpability and requires proof of an accused's mental state and is enforced through a system of state punishment. As a general rule, only human beings can perform an act, with the exception of a corporate body that can engage in conduct and be liable for a crime in certain circumstances. A corporation is a juristic person and the bearer of rights and duties similar to natural persons, however it lacks morality and a mind. Corporations have a separate legal persona to those who comprise it, however it acts and thinks through its members and this creates certain problems in attributing blame. |
Subject(s)
Criminal law; Criminal liability; South Africa; Corporate liability |
Language
en |
Publisher
University of the Western Cape |
Rights
University of the Western Cape |
Repository
Cape Town - Theses and Dissertations, University of Western Cape
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