Economic analysis of fines

Predmet ovog diplomskog rada je ekonomska analiza novčane kazne. Ekonomskoj analizi prava kao disciplini je u Republici Hrvatskoj dana mnogo manja važnost nego u razvijenim zapadnim demokracijama, a pogotovo u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, ali od sredine devedesetih godina prošlog stoljeća ova disciplina počinje više zanimati pravne teoretičare u Republici Hrvatskoj, te su objavljeni prvi članci o ekonomskoj analizi prava. Ipak, od tih vremena pa sve do danas ne postoje radovi koji bi se fokusirali na ekonomsku analizu novčane kazne kao specifične sankcije, pa stoga ovaj rad predstavlja istraživanje čiji je cilj izraditi jedan cjeloviti prikaz ove discipline s fokusom na novčanu kaznu i objasniti važnost ove sankcije sa ekonomskog aspekta te njen učinak na kaznenopravnu prevenciju. Nakon teoretskog i empirijskog proučavanja učinaka novčane kazne sa ekonomskog aspekta slijedi zaključak kako bi ekonomsku analizu prava kao disciplinu trebalo mnogo češće koristiti u hrvatskom pravnom sustavu, te kako bi hrvatski sudovi mogli i trebali više izricati novčane kazne.The topic of this diploma paper is economic analysis of fines. Economic analysis of law as a discipline was given much less importance in Croatia than in developed Western democracies, especially the United States, but since the mid-nineties of the last entury this discipline became more interesting for legal theorists in the Republic of Croatia, and the first published articles on economic analysis of law originate from then. However, since those times until nowadays, there aren't any articles that focus on the economic analysis of fines as specific sanctions, and therefore this paper represents a research that aims to create a single comprehensive view of this discipline with a focus on fines and explain the importance of these sanctions from an economic point of view and its effect on criminal prevention. After the theoretical and empirical study of the effects of fines from the economic point of view follows the conclusion that economic analysis of law as a discipline should be more often used in the Croatian legal system, and that the Croatian courts should impose more fines in criminal proceedings