Tendency to Accept Corporations Criminal Liability, an Inevitable Realistic Response to the Effects Arising by Developing Economy

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In our days, corporations have dominated more economic and social activities. The idea of applying criminal law to corporate entities emerged in some developed countries as a response to the effects of development during last two centuries but particularly in two last decades. The present article studies the position of the criminal liability of corporations in Iran and corroborative and obstructive reasons and finally has considered it as a right and necessary reaction to the effects of the current economic, social, political and cultural development.

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