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Criminal Liability of Legal Entities under the Laws of the Republic of Slovenia
Author(s) -
Aleksandr V. Fedorov
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
rossijskij sledovatelʹ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1812-3783
DOI - 10.18572/1812-3783-2018-5-75-80
Subject(s) - law , sanctions , criminal liability , political science , legal liability , criminal law , statutory law , liability , strict liability , criminal code , criminal procedure , the republic , business , philosophy , theology
The article is dedicated to review of the laws of the Republic of Slovenia on the criminal liability of legal entities; the main acts are the Special Law on the Liability of Legal Entities for Criminal Offenses of 1999 and the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia. The article reviews statutory resolutions making it possible to review a legal entity as a criminal liability subject; gives a number of persons, which can be brought to criminal liability; focuses on the fact that legal entities can be brought to criminal liability in the Republic of Slovenia for a limited number of acts (crimes) defined by the law; considers criminal sanctions applicable to legal entities: fi ne, forfeiture of property, legal entity liquidation, prohibition to place securities held by a legal entity; reviews the possibility of imposition of a conditional sentence on a legal entity and the security measures applicable to legal entities, including: sentence publication and prohibition to engage in specific commercial activities.