Main aspects of the criminal responsibility of political parties

Abstract

organic Law 7/2012, of December 27, included within the subjective scope of application of the system of
criminal responsibility of legal persons to political parties, making them extend a regime (the one provided for in articles
31 bis et seq. of the Spanih Penal Code) devised, originally, for companies. Hence, in the work presented here, it has
tried to address some of the most controversial aspects of it, such as the subjection of parties to criminal responsibility
given the constitutional relevance of their functions, the crimes that can be attributed to them or the dyes of unconsti-
tutionality of some of the penalties that can be imposed on this type of organizations. While questioning the adequacy of this responsibility mechanism to tackle the scourge of political corruption. Finally, we will mention a transcendental
issue of this system, such as the establishment of crime prevention plans within political parties.