Criminal Sanctions for Legal Entities in the Law of the Republic of Serbia
Summary: In 2008, the Republic of Serbia adopted a special Law on Liability of Legal Persons for Criminal Off enses. In doing so, on the basis of the international standards contained in the relevant international documents, it joined a large number of countries that introduced criminal liability of legal persons for crimes committed in addition to their responsible persons at the end of the 20th century. For legal persons, the law prescribed a disparate system of criminal sanctions in response to the state-society’s response to such unlawful and punishable conduct. The system of criminal sanctions in the law of the Republic of Serbia includes: penalties, probation and security measures. The law defi ned the concept, character, legal nature, manner, procedure, pronouncement and execution of criminal sanctions, whose characteristics this particular work speaks of.
Keywords: legal entity, criminal off ense, law, liability, criminal sanctions, sentencing, courty
Rezime: Republika Srbija je 2008. godine donela poseban Zakon o odgovornosti pravnih lica za krivična dela. Time se ona, na bazi međunarodnih standarda sadržanih u relevantnim međunarodnim dokumenti ma, pridružila velikom broju država koje su krajem 20. veka uvele krivičnu odgovornost pravnih lica za učinjena krivična dela pored odgovornosti njihovih odgovornih lica. Za pravna lica zakon je propisao razuđen sistem krivičnih sankcija kao odgovor države-društva na takva nedozvoljena i kažnjiva ponašanja. U sistemu krivičnih sankcija u pravu Republike Srbije se nalaze: kazne, uslovna osuda i mere bezbednosti . Zakon je odredio pojam, karakter, pravnu prirodu, način, postupak, izricanje i izvršenje krivičnih sankcija o čijim karakteristi kama govori upravo ovaj rad.
Ključne reči: pravno lice, krivično delo, zakon, odgovornost, krivične sankcije, odmeravanje, sud.