F. Hodge O'Neal Corporate and Securities Law Symposium

Organizational Sentencing Guidelines: The Cart Before the Horse

Author: Pamela H. Bucy (University of Alabama School of Law)

Abstract

Part I of this Article provides a brief overview of the Guidelines and discusses how they define and measure corporate culpability. Part II describes and critiques the current standards for assessing corporate criminal liability. Part III proposes a new standard of corporate criminal liability that builds upon premises inherent in the Guidelines. Finally, Part IV addresses the question of whether a need remains for a new standard of corporate criminal liability in light of the federal organizational Sentencing Guidelines.

Keywords: Criminal liability of juristic persons, Sentencing guidelines (Criminal procedure)

How to Cite: Bucy, P. H. (1993) “Organizational Sentencing Guidelines: The Cart Before the Horse”, Washington University Law Review. 71(2).