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Aiding And Abetting A Statutory Offence
Author(s) -
Downey B. W. M.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
the modern law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-2230
pISSN - 0026-7961
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2230.1959.tb00522.x
Subject(s) - statutory law , law , position (finance) , political science , business , law and economics , sociology , finance
HAD Slade J. been in a position to agree with the other members of the Divisional Court in National Coal Board v. Gamble, 1 the case might have provided some important guidance on the question of the criminal responsibility of corporations for the acts of their servants or agents. As it was, the case turned upon the narrower question of the intent necessary to constitute the offence of aiding and abetting.