Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2021.58.140.419
Criminal conduct of natural and legal persons during the COVID-19 pandemic: between criminal, misdemeanor and administrative law
Anita Kurtović Mišić
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska
Lucija Sokanović
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska
Nina Mišić Radanović
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska
Abstract
The wide legal framework of prescribed criminal behavior of natural persons and legal entities during the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has made possible punishment with sanctions of a various legal nature. In this paper, possible punishable behavior of natural persons and legal entities are categorized within the context of the pandemic into criminal, misdemeanor, and administrative law. The authors firstly analyze liability for criminal acts of spreading and transmitting infectious diseases as well as fraudulent medicines and medical products. In particular, there is the problem of eventual liability of physicians and other healthcare workers and healthcare institutions for making access to other healthcare services impossible. This includes their liability towards citizens in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. Finally, the authors analyze a wide spectrum of misdemeanor liability and administrative mechanisms of forced execution of monetary fines.
Keywords
criminal conduct; legal and natural persons; pandemic; Covid 19; criminal law; misdemeanor law; administrative law
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257274
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Publication date:
7.5.2021.
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