The Development of criminal law in Croatia and Slavonia after 1852

Kazneno pravo u Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji nije bilo jedinstveno unificirano do 1852. kada je uveden austrijski Kazneni zakon o zločinima, prijestupima i prekršajima. Iako je propisivao represivne kazne i dalje zadržavao smrtnu kaznu značajan je u povijesti jer je na hrvatsko-slavonskom području po prvi puta regulirana materija kaznenog materijalnog prava u obliku zakona čime se potvrđuju načela nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege i stavljaju izvan snage običaji. U više navrata dopunjavan je zakonima i zakonskim člancima kao što je zakonski članak iz 1852. g. kojim se ukinula kazna batina („kazan bijenjem), odnosno Zakon iz 1875. g. čime su ukinuti okovi u kaznionicama i određen uvjetni otpust.Criminal law in Croatia and Slavonia was not harmonized till 1852, after enaction of Austrian Criminal law about crimes, felonies and delicts. The Austrian Criminal law was very important in the history of criminal law for then territories of Croatia and Slavonia because Law for the first time regulated essence of Substantive criminal law in the form of an Act and included one of the main Principels such as nulla crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege and eventhough Law provided repressive measures and death penalty. After enaction of the Law, Custum law was not effective anymore. Law from 1852 had some changes. Some corporal punishment were abolished and in 1875 Law also had some amendments such as abolition of chains in penitentiary, and release on the licence