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?

Writer can choose depending on what is argued in the essay.

Country/law: Australian Corporate Law

Sources: recommended 10, but if the essay is of a good standard with fewer sources, or with more, this is acceptable.

TOPIC: 2

Question 2 – 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