Criminal liability of legal persons in ecuadorian law

Abstract

This research work is aimed at conducting a legal-criminal analysis of the criminal liability of the legal person in Ecuadorian law. In this regard, this liability regime is analyzed in accordance with the Comprehensive Criminal Organic Code that entered into force in 2014 and originally established legal persons as subjects subject to a penalty. In this regard, the generalities are studied in relation to the criminal liability of legal persons, as well as the specific regulation that makes Ecuadorian legislation, particularly the regulatory elements that provide the types related to this responsibility, then the penalty regime is studied (measures) that can be imposed on a legal person and finally, the procedural aspects related to the application of the criminal offenses against these entities are addressed.