THE FINEAS A PENALTY IN SOME OF THE STATES FROM SOUTH AMERICA

Abstract

The fine as a penalty is one of the penalties which can be found in almost all of the penal codes in the world, as a main penalty or as a  complementary penalty, but the way in which the penalty is determined and  it is applied differs from one country to another , depending on the penal law system  and the political social order from every country. Analyzing the penal codes from Columbia, Bolivia and Argentina – countries from South  America, it can be noticed among the stipulations of these three penal codes and the Romanian Penal Code, regarding the fine penalty, there are significant resemblances and defferences. Keywords: Penal Codes, South America, penal fine, penalty, punishment, penalty limits, imprisonment