Prescription of the criminal offense in the law
Predviđenost krivičnog dela u zakonu
ABSTRACT: The prescription of a criminal offense in the law is one of the constitutive elements of a criminal offense. In addition to being legally justified, this element represents a logical method of incriminating specific behavior as a criminal offense. It legally embodies the well-known Latin legal saying nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege, which in translation means there is no crime or punishment without the law. The necessity of prescribing a criminal offense in the law is rooted in legal certainty, which is unattainable without prior knowledge and a clear distinction between permissible and prohibited (incriminated) behavior. Although it has a distant origin, the prescription of a criminal offense in law has often become a convenient tool for political manipulation, particularly through the criminalization of verbal delicts or other offenses against the people and the state. Stricto sensu, authoritarian regimes have applied this principle to secure the appearance of legitimacy and legality for their rule. Consequently, it is essential to examine the prescription of criminal offenses in the law from the perspective of our legislator.
APSTRAKT: Predviđenost krivičnog dela u zakonu predstavlja jedan od konstituenata krivičnog dela. Osim što je zakonski opravdan ovaj elemenat je logičan način kojim se određeno ponašanje inkriminiše kao krivično delo. U njemu se zakonski opredmećuje poznata latinska pravna izreka nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege što u prevodu znači nema krivičnog dela niti kazne bez zakona. Neophodnost predviđenosti krivičnog dela u zakona ima svoje uporište u pravnoj sigurnosti. Ona nije moguća ako se unapred ne zna i dovoljno razluči dozvoljeno od zabranjenog (inkriminisanog) postupanja. Iako ima daleku genezu, predviđenost krivičnog dela u zakonu često je postala podesno sredstvo političke manipulacije. To se dešavalo kroz inkriminisanje verbalnog delikta ili drugih krivičnih dela protiv naroda i države. Stricto sencu autoritarni poreci su primenom ovog načela sebi obezbeđivali navodnu legitimnost i legalnost vlasti. Usled toga, smatramo neophodnim da predviđenost u zakonu prikažemo iz ugla našeg zakonodavca.
engleski
2024
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Ključne reči: predviđenost krivičnog dela; objektivni uslov inkriminacije; lični osnovi isključenja kažnjivosti; društvena opasnost.
Keywords: prescription of the criminal act/offense; objective condition of incrimination; personal grounds for exclusion of criminality; social danger.