Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica, Vol 15, No 1 (2019)

Abstract

This thesis will tackle the fine penalties according to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo, with particular emphasis on the Basic Court of Prishtina during the period 2011/2015, which will talk about the statistics provided by the Court as well as elaboration of the fine penalties including its issuance as well. The thesis will address the monetary penalties, its meaning and monetary penatlies in some countries of the region and beyond. The thesis will be based mainly on the research and analysis of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo as well as the Criminal Codes of the countries of the region that have been analyzed in this working document, without circumventing the Criminal Codes of some more developed countries. In addition, during the analysis, various scientific methods will be utilized, such as descriptive, comparative and various statistical methods, in order to address the issue of monetary penalties in more comprehensive manner. Likewise, in the last chapter we have presented many diverse tables, with the sole purpose of reflecting the chronology of issued monetary penalties throughout analyzed years.