The criminal offense of unauthorized possession of drugs in domestic and comparative criminal law

Autor: Coković Sabahudin
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, Vol 56, Iss 77, Pp 103-120 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0350-8501
2560-3116
Popis: The drug abuse is a negative social phenomenon, a severe socio-pathological and criminal phenomenon, and a social evil that affects all societies and all civilizations. In this context, the paper analyzes the criminal law provisions that criminalize unauthorized possession of narcotic drugs as a criminal act of abuse of narcotics, which is directly aimed against human health. The author analyzes the criminal law provisions pertaining to the criminalization of illegal possession of narcotic drugs in some comparative criminal law systems, including: France, Norway, Luxembourg and Jordan. In particular, the author focuses on the definition of the concept, elements and basic characteristics of the criminal offense of illegal possession of narcotics envisaged in Article 246-a of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia.
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