СЛОБОДА ШТАМПЕ У СРБИЈИ У XIX ВЕКУ
The Freedom of the Press in Serbia in the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: The first Serbian regulations governing the freedom of the press may be traced back to the establishment of the first printing shop in the Principality of Serbia and the subsequent activities of the Serbian legislature to regulate publishing activities. These regulations were quite restrictive on the freedom of expression, which is closely related to the freedom of the press. However, the first guarantees on the freedom of expression ensued with the development of the society and strengthening the public awareness on the importance of the freedom of expression as one of the cornerstones of democracy and prerequisites for enjoying other rights and freedoms. In this paper, the author explores and analyses the legal provisions on the freedom of the press, with specific reference to the provisions on censorship and other preventive measures by which the administration wanted to restrict the freedom of the press as well as the provisions envisaging criminal liability for printing activities. In addition, the author points out to the social and political relations at the time which exerted significant impact on the national normative framework, including the foreign legislation models whose influence was most prominent in the Serbian regulations governing the freedom of the press.

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