MISDEMEANOR PROCEDURE INSTRUMENTS OF THE STATE REACTION TO MISDEMEANORS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Abstract

The author analyzes the instruments of state reaction to misdemeanors as types of illegal acts in the Republic of Serbia. After introductory considerations where the prevalence of misdemeanors as penal delicts and the importance of misdemeanor law were pointed out, the author analyzed the modalities of the state reaction to misdemeanors. In the continuation of the paper, some misdemeanor procedural instruments are dealt with in important terms. The author analyzed the normative activity of the state, which is reflected in prescribing legal norms that provide for misdemeanors as penal delicts, made notes on authorized prosecutors in misdemeanor procedure, pointed out the importance and types of misdemeanor procedure, and considered the system of misdemeanor sanctions and execution of decisions. The author concludes that an important condition for the efficiency of the state response to misdemeanors through misdemeanor procedural instruments is adequate legal regulation of substantive and procedural misdemeanor legislation, and that in this segment in the Republic of Serbia it is necessary to make serious corrections and changes.