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Orestes Arenas Nero
Profesor Especial III de Derecho Penal. Departamento de Ciencias Penales. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas. Centro Regional Universitario de San Miguelito. Gran Estación de San Miguelito. Universidad de Panamá
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5230-3087
Vol 45 (2024), Articles, pages 17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/epc.45.9015
Submitted: 02-02-2023 Accepted: 11-12-2023 Published: 14-05-2024
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Abstract

This paper clarified the criminal liability of legal persons under Panamanian law. First, the laws that regulate the legal person were explained, including an analysis of the criminal sanctions in Criminal Law, as well as the opinion of the main Panamanian jurists. Finally, a description and interpretation of the Guide for the attribution of criminal liability issued by the Attorney General's Office of Panama was made. For this purpose, techniques of review of Panamanian Law sources and theory review were used. The conclusion was reached, among others, that to hold a legal person criminally liable, it must be shown that it was created or used to commit a crime, and that this crime must be the reflection of an organizational failure.