Corporate Criminal Liability under the United States Criminal Law

Abstract

This article examines and analyzes the issue of corporate criminal liability under the United States criminal law from the following perspectives: 1) the historical formation and development of the doctrine; 2) the scope and conditions for attributing criminal liability to corporations, including: the subjects bearing such liability; which specific acts of corporate members may be attributed to the corporation; the circumstances under which a member’s criminal act may be imputed to the corporation; and the major doctrines governing corporate criminal liability in the United States; 3) the sanctions applicable to corporations convicted of crimes.