The subject of this paper is one of the most important criminal law institutes. The purpose of this institute together with its effect on perpetrator of a crime points out the significance of self-defense within contemporary legislation. It is well known that self-defense protects the law against non-law, that is, protects legal property of the attacked person against unlawful attack. Although our legal practice researches showed that generally we can speak of protection of the most important properties of every human: life, physical integrity, and property. Moreover, unlawful attack violates legal system, while the use of self-defense contributes to its reestablishing. But, did the legislator want to provide protection exclusively to the a...