Corporate criminal liability in South Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Riekie, Wandrag | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lewis, Lodea | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-25T09:15:08Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-05T07:51:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-25T09:15:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-05T07:51:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description | Magister Legum - LLM | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/16002 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Criminal law | en_US |
| dc.subject | Criminal liability | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.subject | Corporate liability | en_US |
| dc.title | Corporate criminal liability in South Africa | en_US |