LEGAL PROTECTION OF VALUES, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE ECOLOGY (ENVIRONMENTAL) LAW, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MISDEMEANOR NORMS
Author/s: Vladan Joldžić,
Pages: 43-56
UDK: 343.232:504.5/.6
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Abstract: This paper observes the Ecology (Environmental) Law as the scientific and, at the same time, practical discipline, which also requires its adequate guaranties within the provisions of penal law. The author of this paper discusses principally those of criminal guarantees, which are considered the most numerous, explaining the matter with the examples from the legislation the Republic of Serbia, but also highlighting the legislative solutions of other states, as well as scientific and research papers analyzing the same topic in the context of other countries and legal systems.
Keywords: Environment, environmental penal law elements, environmental offences.
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