Advantages Of The Vicarious Liability Approach

The vicarious liability approach also called the respondeat superior doctrine or the agency doctrine is the most common approach adopted by the US courts to determine corporate criminal liability. This approach is the most common one since it is the approach that is applied by US federal courts. This approach is originally deriving from tort law then was introduced into criminal law which means that it grew out of the development of the liability of a master (employer) for his servant (employee) . In other words, the Vicarious liability approach is basically a civil law of torts principle where the corporation is held responsible for the misdeeds of all its officers, employees or agents acting within the scope of their employment to benefit