(2017) 3 Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr. 49–56
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Title of the article	Quasi-Criminal Responsibility of Legal Persons on Criminal and Criminal Procedural Legislation of Ukraine
Author(s)	ZOIA ZAHYNEI Doctor of Law, Docent, head, department of scientific-methodological support of prosecutor’s activity in the sphere of corruption counteraction and prevention, Scientific and Research Institute, National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine, trostuk@ukr.net
Short title of the journal (ISSN)	Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr.
Year	2017
Issue	3
Pages	[49–56]
Language	Ukrainian
Abstract	The peculiarities of quasi-criminal liability of legal entities under the legislation of Ukraine are investigated. The possibility of applying criminal law measures to legal entities in case of commission of a crime by its authorized person is characterized; the existence of a link between a crime committed by an authorized person and a legal entity; accounting when applying to criminal entities the measures of a criminal-legal nature of the circumstances of a crime committed by an authorized person; the relationship between the release of legal entities from the application of criminal law measures and the temporality of the criminal conduct of the authorized person; procedural dependence between the reaction of the state to the commission of a crime by an individual (authorized person) and the state’s response to a legal entity.
Keywords	quasi-criminal responsibility; entity; a measure of a criminal nature; authorized person; commission of a crime in the interests of a legal entity; commission of a crime on behalf of a legal entity; exemption from the application of measures; suspicion report; criminal proceedings.
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