Allameh Tabataba’i University Journal of Criminal Law Research 2345-3575 4 13 2016 01 06 The Scope of Criminal Liability of Legal Entity in the Islamic Penal Code The Scope of Criminal Liability of Legal Entity in the Islamic Penal Code 147 169 2408 10.22054/jclr.2016.2408 FA S. Darid Mousavi Mojab 0000-0003-3906-5744 Ali Rafizade Journal Article 2015 11 08 <em>The achievements of this paper show that although the legislature has taken a positive step to fill the gap of the Islamic Penal Code, it has not acted perfectly in identifying the criminal liability of legal entity. Articles revolving the issue in the new Islamic Penal Code are fully ambiguous and synopsis which have led legal community to criticize and put the criminal courts in real trouble for making decisions. It is necessary that legislature take some action in order to solve the problem. Legislature has adopted the stricter theory regarding the identification of legal entity (including the legal entities of public law and legal entities of private law). These theories are theory of ‘respondent superior’ and ‘brain theory’. However, sentencing the legal entities to blood money is out of this rule and the first theory has been adopted.</em> <em>The achievements of this paper show that although the legislature has taken a positive step to fill the gap of the Islamic Penal Code, it has not acted perfectly in identifying the criminal liability of legal entity. Articles revolving the issue in the new Islamic Penal Code are fully ambiguous and synopsis which have led legal community to criticize and put the criminal courts in real trouble for making decisions. It is necessary that legislature take some action in order to solve the problem. Legislature has adopted the stricter theory regarding the identification of legal entity (including the legal entities of public law and legal entities of private law). These theories are theory of ‘respondent superior’ and ‘brain theory’. However, sentencing the legal entities to blood money is out of this rule and the first theory has been adopted.</em> https://jclr.atu.ac.ir/article_2408_8473fc08088a8ddbb4f7186132b25abe.pdf