The privilege against self-incrimination by legal entities in criminal procedures
Pedro Augusto Amaral Dassan
Abstract:The right against self-incrimination plays an essential role in the construction of an accusatorial criminal procedure system that legitimizes the jus puniendi. With the rise of models of criminal liability for legal entities in various jurisdictions, could this right be conferred upon them? What would be its scope in this perspective? This article, through bibliographic review and deductive theoretical method, first examines the extension of fundamental rights to legal entities. Subsequently, the focus turns … Show more
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