scholarly journals Justification of Life imprisonment in Serbian Criminal Law

Lex Russica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 134-142
Author(s):  
M. Milovic ◽  
M. Pusitsa
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The State ◽  
Life Imprisonment ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Sound Mind

In Serbia, disputes have been going on for years (which are also the subject of many congresses) about the regulation of the most severe types of punishment. The criminal policy of the country shows a tendency to toughen penalties. By attracting a lot of media attention and putting pressure on state institutions concerning certain tragic events caused by the murder and rape of minors, including children, some members of the public hysterically demand that the state respond with the strictest penalties, even if they no longer exist (the death penalty).In December 1, 2019 The Law on Amendments and Additions to the Criminal Code, which, among other things, prescribes life imprisonment, entered into force. It is assumed that the fact that there is a life sentence for particularly serious crimes, such as murder or crimes against sexual freedom in particularly serious forms, may make criminals think twice before committing them. In addition, proponents of the introduction of such a punishment argue that the fear of life imprisonment can act as a corrective and preventive measure, thereby reducing the proportion of these criminal offenses.The paper provides a critical analysis of this justification for the return of life imprisonment to the criminal law. The arguments against this include: 1) statistics confirm that life imprisonment for possible criminals who have committed particularly serious criminal offenses is not a factor of prevention; 2) general prevention is undermined; 3) the previously existing maximum prison term was not an obstacle, that is, it was not a factor of prevention; 3) innovations would not change the decisions of criminals, although they were in their sound mind at the time of committing criminal offenses, realizing the illegality of these actions; 4) it becomes impossible to carry out the correction and re-socialization of the sentenced person, who knows that he will remain closed outside the social and family environment for the rest of his life; 5) it is also necessary to keep in mind that it is the state that financially maintains such criminals.

Killing through negligence and its distinction with other kinds of murder

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Myslivyy ◽  
Angelina Mykyta
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The State ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
The Common

Problem setting. According to Art. 27 of the Constitution of Ukraine, everyone has an inalienable right to life, no one can be arbitrarily deprived of life, and the state, in turn, is obliged to protect human life. Protection of a person’s life, as a duty of the state, is manifested in the establishment of criminal liability, enshrined in Section II “Criminal offenses against life and health of a person” of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, who commit socially dangerous acts. whether there are criminal offenses and what punishments they should be committed. The distinction between crimes such as premeditated murder and negligent deprivation of another’s life is important, as criminal law theory still does not have sufficient information on this issue and does not have a complete list of features of the above crimes, but we tried to identify them in our article. Target of research. Deepening their knowledge on the caution of a person’s life due to inconsistency and drawing the line between possible offenses and conditional authority, clarifying the special characteristics of the perpetrator and the victim, outlining the essential features of the perpetrator and the victim, and researching the regulation of negligent proposal of a new version of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Analysis of resent researches and publications. The theoretical basis for the study of the problem of murder through negligence are the works of legal scholars, in particular, M. Bazhanov, V. Borisov, S. Borodin, V. Glushkov, O. Gorokhovskaya, I. Zinchenko , V. Tyutyugin, O. Us, E. Kisilyuk, V. Kuts, M. Yefimov, S. Likhova, V. Stashis, V. Shablisty and others. Article’s main body. According to Art. 3 of the Constitution of Ukraine, man, his life and health, honor and dignity, inviolability and security are recognized in Ukraine as the highest social value. Given this constitutional provision, the legislator should pay special attention to the criminal law protection of human life and health as the most important public relations. So it is no coincidence that considering such encroachments as one of the most dangerous in the criminal law dimension, the legislator established criminal liability for their commission in Section II “Criminal offenses against life and health” of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Due to the high public danger and the high prevalence of criminal offenses against human life and health, criminal law theory and law enforcement practice are under increasing scrutiny. Thus, the analysis of judicial practice in recent years shows that, for example, among all murders (Articles 117-119 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) the number of persons convicted of deprivation of life due to negligence is about 15 percent annually. In our opinion, it is also advisable to analyze the concept of “murder” by comparing the common and distinctive features of the offenses referred to in Art. Art. 115 and 119 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. According to scientific results, we can conclude that these offenses have many common features. It is possible to understand the common features and preconditions for the spread of these types of offenses. Conclusions and prospects for the development. A study of issues related to the criminal law analysis of murder through negligence and its difference from other types of murder, shows that these acts encroach on the identical object, which is “human life as a set of social relations.” Unfortunately, nowadays the dynamics of offenses committed in Art. Art. 115 and 119 is intensifying, so consideration of their delimitation and characterization of their features is very important. The study examines the main features of these types of crimes, as well as analyzes some provisions of national law and proposes some adjustments to them.

scholarly journals Penegakan Hukum terhadap Tindak Pidana Tanpa Hak Menguasai Senjata Tajam dalam Aksi Unjuk Rasa Penolakan RUU KUHP

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1075-1080
Author(s):  
Imanuel Sembiring ◽  
Ediwarman Ediwarman ◽  
Marlina Marlina
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
District Court ◽  
Penal Policy ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Right

This paper aims to examine and analyze the rule of law, law enforcement and criminal policy against criminal acts without the right to control sharp weapons. To approach this problem, the theory of the legal system is used. The data were collected through interview guidelines and analyzed qualitatively. This study concludes that the rule of law regarding law enforcement against criminal acts without the right to control sharp weapons in demonstrations is regulated in Emergency Law Number 12 of 1951 in Article 2 paragraph (1), Law no. 9 of 1998 concerning Freedom to Express Opinions in Public in Article 16, Perkapolri No. 7 of 2012 concerning Procedures for the Implementation of Services, Security, and Handling of Public Opinion Cases in Article 8 letter j. Law enforcement against criminal acts without the right to control sharp weapons in demonstrations against the Criminal Code Bill at the Medan District Court is carried out through investigations, prosecutions and judges' decisions. The criminal law policy against people who carry sharp weapons in Medan City consists of a penal policy carried out by legally processing the perpetrators, followed by examining the defendants at trial. Non-penal policies as a preventive measure for criminal acts without the right to control sharp weapons are counseling, raids and community participation.

scholarly journals Criminal Policy Formulation on Regulation of Death Penalties for Criminal Actors

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
I Dewa Made Suartha
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Criminal Offender ◽  
Card System ◽  
Research Analysis

This article is encouraging this problem solving with finding and analyzing the formulation of the criminal offense criteria to punishable by death in Indonesian criminal law and reformulation of setting the criminal offender measurement that sentenced to death from the perspective of ius constituendum. The article based on normative legal research by examining primary and secondary legal materials by collecting legal-materials using a card system. The analytical approach uses legislation, concepts, and comparisons. The research analysis was present in the form of descriptive analysis with evaluative, systematic, formulating, and argumentative techniques in this article. The results of this research that conducted are the Indonesian criminal law does not regulate the criminal act criteria that punishable by death so that the execution of the death penalty results in injustice to both the perpetrator, the victim, and the community. The reformulation of Indonesian criminal law shall focus on the objectives and guidelines for the punishment of perpetrators of criminal offenses punishable by death refers to the Draft Criminal Code and the involvement of the victim and the community in their interests if in the execution of capital punishment there is a change to imprisonment or life imprisonment

scholarly journals ANALISIS KEBIJAKAN KRIMINAL PENANGGULANGAN KEJAHATAN TERHADAPKEAMANANNEGARA BERDASARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 27 TAHUN 1999 TENTANG PERUBAHAN KITAB UNDANG-UNDANG HUKUM PIDANA YANG BERKAITAN DENGAN KEJAHATAN TERHADAP KEAMANAN NEGARA

FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maroni Maroni
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The State ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
State Security ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
The Law

criminal policy to eradicate crimes against state security in Indonesia by Law Law Number 27 of 1999 include: (1) the criminalization of acts specified as criminal offenses security of the state, namely the spread of the ideology of communism, founded the organization which is based on communism and the efforts to replace Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution against the law, (2) policy change in the system of sanctions of imprisonment , Criminalization policy has not been able to overcome the forms of crimes against state security, especially with regard to the modus operandi of the crime of spying in the current era of globalization, while the policy of using sanctions pidama prison a single 20-year conflict with the sanctions system imprisonment adopted Criminal Code therefore, the provisions of Article 107 letter d of Law Number 27 of 1999 became null and void so it does not have the force of law Keywords: Criminal Policy, the State Security Crimes

Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Criminal Law Bill

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus D. Dubber
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The State ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Penal State ◽  
State 1

Part III of Dual Penal State uses dual penal state analysis to generate a comparative-historical account of American penality. With comparative glimpses at Germany and, to a lesser extent, England, it distinguishes between two responses to the shared challenge of legitimating state penal power in a modern liberal democratic state: (1) the failure to appreciate the legitimatory challenge of modern state penal power in particular (United States) and of modern state power in general (England); and (2) the failure to address the legitimatory challenge of modern state penal power as an ongoing existential threat to the legitimacy of the state (Germany). Chapter 6 undertakes a critical analysis of Jefferson’s 1779 draft of a criminal law bill for the State of Virginia, concluding that it fell well short of a criminal code that reflected the ideals of the American legal-political project as spelled out, for instance, in Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence of 1776.

The main types of penalties related to deprivation of liberty and their content under the Qatari Criminal Code (comparative legal analysis with certain norms of Russian legislation)

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-104
Author(s):  
Андрей Петрович Скиба ◽  
Андрей Владимирович Ковш ◽  
Александра Николаевна Мяханова
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Life Imprisonment

В статье проводится сравнительно-правовой анализ ряда норм катарского уголовного законодательства, а также российского уголовного и уголовно-исполнительного законодательства. Рассматриваются виды наказаний, связанных с лишением свободы, и их содержание по Уголовному кодексу Катара. Дополнительно обращается внимание на систему и содержание отдельных наказаний (в виде смертной казни, пожизненного лишения свободы и лишения свободы на определенный срок). Формулируется авторская редакция статей 57-62 Уголовного кодекса Катара, касающихся системы основных видов наказаний и их содержания. The article provides a comparative legal analysis of a number of norms of Qatari criminal law, as well as Russian criminal and penal enforcement legislation. The types of punishments related to deprivation of liberty and their content under the Qatari Criminal code are considered. In addition, attention is drawn to the system of punishments, the content of individual punishments (in the form of the death penalty, life imprisonment and imprisonment for a certain period). The author's version of articles 57-62 of the Criminal Code of Qatar concerning the system of main types of punishments and their content is formulated.

A Strategic Choice: The State Policy Requirement in Core International Crimes

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 953-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
ATHANASIOS CHOULIARAS
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
State Policy ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
International Criminal Law ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Policy Perspective ◽  
International Crimes ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThe article focuses on one of the most intriguing and, at the same time, controversial issues of international criminal law: whether the state policy requirement should be considered as a constitutive element in core international crimes. Adopting a criminal policy perspective, my intention is to contribute to the ongoing discussion by offering a doctrinal and criminological corroboration of the position that answers in the affirmative. Nevertheless, I am not necessarily promoting a normative choice entailing the amendment of the definition of core international crimes, but I rather call for a policy choice of focusing on cases that presume a state policy component.

scholarly journals Criminal Law Protection of Reproductive Health: Current Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
E. L. Sidorenko
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Human Genome ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The subject of the research is the specifics of the criminal law protection of reproductive health in the Russian legislation. The topic was chosen due to the increasing dynamics of crimes related to limitation on the reproductive rights of women and men and unauthorized manipulation of the human genome. Despite the growing need for providing a regulatory framework for this kind of relationships, the system of their criminal law protection is only beginning to take shape, therefore, a necessity arises to revise traditional approaches to the protection of the individual. Therefore, the purpose of the paper was to understand the system of criminal law protection of reproductive health in terms of its compliance with trends of medical practices and dynamics of socially significant diseases based on both traditional principles of scientific analysis and the results of applying sociological methods of data processing, which made it possible to identify the most significant directions of the Russian criminal policy development. Moreover, the critical analysis method was used in the research that showed the inconsistency of the system of criminal law prevention of criminal abortions, contamination with socially significant diseases and illegal use of the human genome. Based on the research findings, an author’s model of criminal prevention of attacks on reproductive health has been built and its systemic assessment is given. It is concluded that the legislator is inconsistent in assessing the attributes of an unlawful abortion; the accounting of contamination with certain socially significant diseases is inadequate; the laws prohibiting the use of the human genome need to be included into the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The conclusions formulated in the paper have practical importance and can be taken into account by the legislator in the reform of the current criminal legislation.

DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINIAN CRIMINAL LEGISLATION ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR TERRORISM

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Bedrata ◽  
◽  
Alina Nikolyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
National Level ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Position ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The article examines the historical development and the process of formation of criminal legislation of Ukraine, the commission of criminal offenses in the field of terrorism. A comparative analysis of the criminal codes of 1927 1960 and 2001 was carried out in terms of articles that establish responsibility for a terrorist act. The question of differentiation of terrorist crimes from other similar ones is considered. These issues are becoming increasingly important in connection with the escalation of tensions both at the national level and in the international arena, in particular: due to the growth of radical adherents of religion, opponents of the current government in different countries, individuals of traditional views. refuse to accept the liberalization and empowerment of national minorities. However, despite the rapid development of the popularity of this issue on a global scale, special attention in this article should be focused on the development of national regulations on the issue of defining the concept of terrorism. Outline the preventive actions that the state of Ukraine can take to prevent the spread of these crimes. The urgency of this issue in Ukraine is due to various factors, and in particular: the unstable economic situation in the country, which depresses citizens, trampling them on a criminal path for easy profit; It is also worth noting the unstable political situation in the state, which leads to the emergence of opposition-minded citizens who are unable to be heard peacefully. At rallies and protests are forced to resort to more radical manifestations of their political position. As a result of the research conducted in the article, it was established how the national criminal legislation developed in terms of terrorist crimes, analyzed the content, established what disadvantages and advantages can be found in the criminal codes of 1927 1960 and 2001, proposed options for improving the legislation, as well as Proposals for Changing the Hierarchy of Values during the development of the new Criminal Code, the draft of which has already been developed on its own initiative. Groups of lawyers and scholars in the field of law.

On Research and Realities of Decriminalization of Criminal Acts in Russia

2019 ◽  
pp. 2044-2057
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Markuntsov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The State ◽  
Entire Period ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Fundamental Nature ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Adequate Coverage

The relevance of the research of decriminalization of criminal acts in Russia is due to both the lack of current adequate coverage of this issue even in some specialized studies of fundamental nature and the need to obtain a comprehensive understanding of decriminalization in Russia in the context of the trend of its modern criminal law policy humanization. The aim of the article is to study the processes of decriminalization of criminal acts in Russia through assessing the state of modern criminal law discourse on the problem specified. The research concludes the secondary, derivative nature of the analyzed decriminalization issues in most modern studies, the actual scale of full decriminalization of criminal acts in Russia, which aims for arithmetic error against the background of current decriminalization processes (for the entire period of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation only 4 criminal acts were fully decriminalized)

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