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# Corporate Crime and Conceptions of a Corporate Person

## Details

**Authors** Horder

**Year** 2026

**Publisher** Criminal Law and Philosophy

**Discipline** Law & Jurisprudence

**Secondary disciplines** Philosophy

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-026-09809-7) 
10.1007/s11572-026-09809-7

## In authors' words

### What they found (results)

Horder distinguishes four competing conceptions of the corporation (abstract entity, entity led by supreme executive authority, 'real' entity, concrete legal entity) and argues a size- and structure-calibrated 'failure to prevent' liability standard better matches how individual wrongdoing aggregates into corporate fault than current doctrine.

## Commentary

### In short

Corporate criminal liability doctrine hinges on which whole-versus-parts model of the corporation is adopted -- an aggregate of individuals versus an emergent legal entity -- with the resulting distinctions in fault only visible once a particular theoretical vantage point on 'the corporation' is chosen.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, P

**Added** 2026-08-27

**How to cite this** Horder (2026). Corporate Crime and Conceptions of a Corporate Person. Criminal Law and Philosophy.