PENAL PROVISIONS OF THE WATER LAW - PREVENTIVE ROLE IN WATER PROTECTION
DOI: 10.5937/etp243-2160B
Keywords:
Environment, water protection, environmental protection, international law, criminal offense, Water LawAbstract
Environmental protection has been a topical issue for
decades. The need for environmental protection and water
protection is not only a cultural and civilizational aspect of life,
but to a greater extent it can also represent an existential issue.
In this research, the issue of penal provisions provided for in the
Water Law will be considered. The consideration of the
aforementioned is based on the presentation of legislative water
protection in a preventive and repressive sense. Therefore, this
represents the hypothesis of this research. The goal of the paper
is to point out this type of water protection, but also to raise
awareness about it. In the paper, special attention will be paid
to legal and sub-legal documents that exist in the positive law of
the Republic of Serbia, and which at the same time represent a
wide range of legislative water protection. Then, in a separate
part of this research, the protection of the environment will be
pointed out, and will be considered in a concise manner, viewed
through the issue of water protection, primarily from the
domestic legal aspect, as well as from the aspect of international law, i.e. legislation of the European Union. In the last part of
this research, the focus will be on the penal provisions provided
for in the Water Law. The aforementioned Law foresees criminal
acts, economic offenses and misdemeanors as penal provisions
that will be presented in detail, not only with the aim of a closer
look, but also in order to raise awareness about them and thus
promote prevention in the context of water protection.
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