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Legal persons and their criminal liability in Ecuador

Abstract:

One of the elements that is given importance in criminal law, represents it on who falls the responsibility and guilt for the non-compliance of the actions that typified in the law represent a crime. The liability of legal persons is an element of analysis for criminal law. The present research aims to carry out a study on the criminal responsibility of legal persons. A study was carried out on the current state in Ecuador after the implementation of the Comprehensive Penal Code as a regulatory mechanism for the Criminal Responsibility of Legal Entities and as the main result a system for criminal recommendation, based on cases, is proposed.