Notes on the (strict and vicarious) liability of the legal entity for crimes committed by individuals integrated in its structure. The Peruvian case.

The predominant legal opinion in Peru states that the «Administrative Liability of Legal Entities Act» (Act 30424), beyond the employed denomination, stablishes a genuine system of criminal liability of legal entities. The argument widely repeated by the aforementioned predominant legal opinion is t...

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Autores:
Alpaca Pérez, Alfredo
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2022
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/33425
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/10784/33425
Palabra clave:
Criminal liability of legal entities
Culpability
Compliance programs
Administrative Liability of Legal persons
Act 30424
Responsabilidad penal de las personas jurídicas
Culpabilidad
Programas de cumplimiento
Ley de responsabilidad administrativa de las personas jurídicas
Ley 30424
Rights
License
Copyright © 2022 Alfredo Alpaca Pérez
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Summary:The predominant legal opinion in Peru states that the «Administrative Liability of Legal Entities Act» (Act 30424), beyond the employed denomination, stablishes a genuine system of criminal liability of legal entities. The argument widely repeated by the aforementioned predominant legal opinion is that, since this liability is based on a crime and is declared by a criminal judge within the framework and with the guarantees of a criminal procedure, then it has a criminal nature. This study is aimed to provide an opposite approach to the one described, with the objective of proposing that, ultimately, Act 30424 establishes a strict and vicarious liability that is of a civil nature and has its basis in the unjust enrichment of the legal entity due to a crime committed by the natural person, who has acted in the name of the legal entity or on its behalf and for its direct or indirect benefit.