What Is Corporate Liability? List and Define the Tests That

question 74

Essay

What is corporate liability? List and define the tests that are used to determine whether a corporation should be held criminal liable. Why do we hold corporations criminally liable? How can a corporation possess a criminal intent?

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Definitions:

Major Premise

In a syllogism, the first proposition which asserts a general principle.

Singular Propositions

Statements that make a claim about a specific single entity or unique instance.

Syllogisms

Logical arguments that apply deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more premises that are asserted to be true.

Minor Term

In syllogistic logic, the term that appears in the conclusion and is the subject of the minor premise.