Writer can choose depending on what is argued in the essay
In April 2020, the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) handed down its Report 136 on Corporate Criminal Responsibility. The ALRC’s report made a number of recommendations for reforming the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) as it applies to offences committed by corporations. Do you think that these reforms would provide a balanced and workable means of ensuring that corporations are accountable for serious breaches of Australian legislation?
Suggested resources for Question 2 as a starting point:
John Colvin ‘Criminal director liability: A bridge now too far?’ (2020) 35 Australian Journal of
Corporate Law 187
Elise Bant ‘Reforming the Laws of Corporate Attribution: Systems Intentionality Draft Statutory
Provision: I. Introduction’ (2022) 39(5) Company and Securities Law Journal 259
Samuel Walpole ‘Criminal responsibility as a distinctive form of corporate regulation’ (2020) 35
Australian Journal of Corporate Law 235
