Problematic issues in defining terrorism

Abstract

Terrorism, as a socio-pathological notion in society, generates a high degree of social danger, which makes the material legitimacy of predictions the same notion as a category of criminal law. The process of criminalization of terrorist activity depends directly on the degree of development of solutions in the definition of this phenomenon in the field of political science, since in addition to the objective character of this phenomenon, embodied in the destruction of and damage to life, body and the destruction of property of high value, it is also characterized by a subjective element, which implies political orientation of the listed behaviors. The political goal, which it in itself possesses, makes the differentia specifica of such conduct, establishes a relationship of dependency between politicology definitions of terrorism, which determine what and in what circumstances is considered a political purpose, and criminal definitions that define the elements of the offense in the national legal systems. This paper provides an overview and analysis of some political and criminal definitions, focusing on the type and character of their relationship, which is embodied in the accessoriness of criminal law definitions of terrorism in relation to the ones offered by political science. The paper also analyzes the reasons that underlie this relationship and the implementation of some issues related to the definition of terrorism as a category of criminal law.

Terorizam, kao sociopatološki pojam u društvu, proizvodi visok stepen društvene opasnosti koja čini materijalnu legitimaciju zakonodavčevog predviđanja istog kao kategorije krivičnog prava. Proces inkriminisanja terorističkih aktivnosti u direktnoj je zavisnosti od stepena razvoja rešenja na planu definisanja ove pojave u oblasti političkih nauka, jer se osim objektivnog karaktera ove pojave, oličene u uništenju i oštećenju života, tela, razaranju imovine velike vrednosti, ona karakteriše i subjektivnim elementom, koji podrazumeva političku usmerenost nabrojanih ponašanja. Politički cilj koji poseduje i koji čini differentia specifica ovog ponašanja uspostavlja odnos zavisnosti između politikoloških definicija terorizma, koje će odrediti šta se i u kojim uslovima smatra političkim ciljem, i krivičnopravnih definicija, koje određuju elemente bića krivičnog dela u nacionalnim pravnim sistemima. U radu se daje prikaz i analiza politikoloških i krivičnopravnih definicija, uz apostrofiranje vrste i karaktera njihovog odnosa, koji je oličen u akcesornosti krivičnopravnih u odnosu na politikološka određenja terorizma, uz istovremeno iznošenje razloga koji stoje u osnovi ovakvog odnosa i izdvajanje nekih problemskih pitanja u vezi sa definisanjem terorizma kao kategorije krivičnog prava.