scholarly journals Legal discretion in criminal law: general theoretic and branch-wise aspects

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 02015
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
General Law ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Adequate Evaluation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Law Making

Pre-requisites: legal discretion in criminal law just as in other branches has only partially been a subject matter of legal analysis. Predominantly, a law-enforcement type of discretion was studied, which is implemented by law-enforcement authorities during criminal prosecution. However, modern surveys in the field of law theory consider discretion as a general law phenomenon including law-enforcement, law-making, and law-interpretation aspects. This suggests the need to study legal discretion in criminal law from new points of view. Moreover, one should also take into account a dual-aspect nature of legal discretion, e.g., a combination of characteristics of the subject implementing discretion and law-regulated relations where this takes place. The research objective is to define an opportunity of affecting subjects implementing individual types of legal discretion (law-enforcement, law-making, and law-interpretation) intended for optimization of the discretion level in criminal law. Methods: a combination of common, general scientific, specific scientific, and specific legal methods. First of all, the paper uses a systemic and functional approach. Results. Legal discretion in legal law is represented by law-enforcement, law-making, and law-interpretation discretion of respective subjects. These types of discretion are interdependent and indissolubly related. Currently, an integrated approach to studying these types of discretions in legal law is poorly discussed in literature. Meanwhile, only this approach allows for a systematic study of legal discretion limits (in general and for individual types) and for adequate evaluation of their efficiency in criminal law.

scholarly journals Problems of criminal liability for illegal amber mining in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 113-117
Author(s):  
R.O Movchan ◽  
A.A Vozniuk ◽  
D.V Kamensky ◽  
O.O Dudorov ◽  
A.V Andrushko
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Main Type ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Illegal Mining ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject

Purpose. Critical analysis of the criminal law provision on illegal mining of amber, identification of its shortcomings, development of proposals for their elimination. Methodology. The system of philosophical, general scientific and specific scientific methods and approaches, which have provided objective analysis of the subject under consideration, in particular, the method of systemic and structural analysis, specific sociological, statistical, comparative, formal-logical methods. Findings. Shortcomings of the criminal law provision on illegal mining, sale, acquisition, storage, transfer, shipment, transportation and processing of amber, in particular, unjustified expansion of the criminal law prohibition under consideration, unsuccessful design of the main and qualified components of the criminal offense under review, as well as unjustified sanctions. Originality. The authors have been among the first researchers in the domestic criminal law doctrine to provide a comprehensive critical understanding of the provision dedicated to the regulation of criminal liability for illegal amber mining, which has made it possible to develop scientifically based recommendations for improving domestic criminal law. Practical value. Based on the research results, specific proposals addressed to domestic parliamentarians have been developed, which can be taken into account in the process of further lawmaking in terms of updating relevant provisions of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. It is argued that the improved Art. 240-1 should only cover illegal mining of amber. The main structure of the researched criminal offense is proposed to be designed as material. It has been proven, including through references to specific law enforcement materials, that sanctions of Part1 of Art. 240-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine should provide for a fine as the only non-alternative main type of punishment, while referenced to alternative punishments in the form of a fine and imprisonment should be included in Parts 2 and 3.

Phenomenon of administrative prejudice in the context of understanding the essence of crime

2021 ◽  
pp. 117-136
Author(s):  
Vadim V. Khiluta
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scope Of Application ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Objective Side ◽  
Law Making ◽  
Critical Consideration

We consider the issue of understanding the administrative prejudice in criminal law. We investigate the ontological problems of administrative prejudice in the doctrine of criminal law. The purpose of the work is a ra-tional and critical consideration of the criminal law science provisions in rela-tion to the question of the characteristics and legal essence of administrative prejudice. We analyze the arguments “for” and “against” the preservation of administrative prejudice in the criminal law, consider the essential character-istics of this concept. We state that administrative prejudice is now consid-ered outside the corpus delicti, identifying it with a specific means of legal technique, or within the corpus delicti, as an element of the objective side or subject of the crime. We substantiate the position that administrative preju-dice is a sign of a special subject of a crime. We prove that when committing a repeated similar offense, it is necessary to talk about the public danger of the subject who has committed multiple repetitions of the same offense. In this case, each subsequent multiple offense should entail the onset of criminal liability, because this right violation is not associated with the act, but with the figure committing the unlawful act. We propose measures to improve the proposition of administrative prejudice in the criminal law. Research methods: formal-dogmatic, comparative-legal, instrumental analysis. Scope of application: jurisprudence, law enforcement practice, law-making, legislation.

Implementation of equality principle of convicts under the law in the norms regulating the institution of convicts’ departure outside the penitentiary: some issues and ways to solve them

2021 ◽  
pp. 90-98
Author(s):  
Nikolai S. Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Penal Law ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Law Making

One of the areas of effective legal regulation of penal legal relations is the compliance of lawmaking and law-enforcement activities with the requirements of the fundamental provisions of penal legislation. The object of the research is the implementation of the equality principle of convicts un-der the law through the consolidation of equal rights, duties and legitimate in-terests of convicts in the penal legislation. The subject of the research is the penal legislation norms governing the institution of the convicts’ departure outside the penitentiary. We indicate the connection of the phenomenon un-der study with the lawmaking and law-enforcement aspect of penal law. We outline some of the law-making and law-enforcement penal issues that are directly related to the consolidation and application of the penal legislation norms when granting convicts the right to leave the penitentiary to visit chil-dren. As a methodological basis for cognition, the following are used: general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, which make it possible to investigate aspects of penal legal reality directly related to the im-plementation of the principles of penal legislation, to formulate well-grounded conclusions; private scientific methods – formal legal and comparative legal – make it possible to identify problems of legal regulation, develop proposals for changing legislation. As a result of the study, we identify the penal legislation norms that contradict the equality principle of convicts under the law, and propose ways to eliminate the identified contradictions.

Types of law-making powers of the Ukrainian people

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Anatoliy M. Kolodiy ◽  
Olexiy A. Kolodiy
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
The People ◽  
Special Scientific ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Legislative Initiative ◽  
Law Making

The relevance of this problem is considered in the fact that in modern conditions of the state's process of developing a sovereign and independent, democratic, social, and legal state, the people's awareness of its place and role is one of vital aspects. The Ukrainian people's awareness of their rights and obligations, in this case law-making ones, will contribute to a real opportunity for the people to take part in the management of state affairs. Despite the fact that the problem of the powers of the Ukrainian people is extremely relevant at this stage of the Ukrainian history, it is understudied by Ukrainian researchers. Therefore, considering the above, this study is investigates such types of law-making powers of the Ukrainian people as the rights to: people's initiative, and within its framework – people's legislative initiative and people's referendum initiative; people's veto; people's survey, including regarding regulations; people's examination of regulations and draft regulations. The purpose of the present study is to consider theoretical material concerning the state of possibility of using the above-mentioned types of law-making powers of the Ukrainian people, as well as foreign practices in their implementation. The methodological framework of this study included an integrated approach, which involves a combination of numerous philosophical, general scientific, and special scientific methods. Based on the obtained conclusions and generalisations, the study aims to develop original proposals and recommendations for improving national legislation on this matter

scholarly journals The Forms of Criminal Prosecution

Legal Concept ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 167-175
Author(s):  
Ilya Dikarev ◽  
◽  
Sailaubek Baymanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Legal Interpretation ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Theoretical Position ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common

Introduction: the paper discusses the possibility of differentiating the forms of criminal prosecution. The critical analysis is subject to the widespread position in the science of criminal procedure that the forms of criminal prosecution are suspicion and accusation. This point of view is based on the conclusion that the content of criminal prosecution varies depending on the degree of proof of the guilt of the person subject to criminal prosecution. Concerning compliance with the principle of adversarial parties, the theoretical position is also evaluated, according to which one of the forms of criminal prosecution is conviction. The question of the grounds for differentiating the forms of criminal prosecution is studied. Purpose: the confirming the unified nature of the criminal prosecution carried out during the pretrial proceedings, regardless of the procedural position of the person accused of committing the crime. Methods: the paper uses the general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, a systematic approach, as well as specific scientific methods: legal interpretation and logical-legal. The methodological framework was the dialectical method. Results: the study of the common position in the science of criminal procedure, according to which criminal prosecution at different stages of its implementation consistently takes the forms of suspicion and accusation, showed its inconsistency. From the standpoint of philosophy, the content always has a determining value, and the form is always determined. Accordingly, to establish a change in the form of criminal prosecution, it is necessary to make sure that the content of this activity changes. However, the degree of proof of the person’s involvement in the crime is not reflected in the content of the accusatory activity, it remains the same. Therefore, suspicion and accusation do not form the independent forms of criminal prosecution. At the same time, the differentiation of the forms of criminal prosecution is possible, but on different grounds. Conclusions: the differentiation of the forms of criminal prosecution should be made depending on, first, the organization of procedural activities that determine the role and powers of the subject of criminal prosecution in the process of proof; secondly, the procedural status of the participant in the criminal process on the part of the prosecution and, thirdly, the content of the fact in issue.

scholarly journals THE SUBJECT OF CRIME: THE PROBLEM OF ESTABLISHING AGE LIMITS OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 809-812
Author(s):  
Natalia Yu. Zhilina ◽  
Esita E.Ganaeva ◽  
Marina L. Prokhorova ◽  
Denis N. Rudov ◽  
Irina V. Savelieva
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Age Limits ◽  
Civil And Political Rights ◽  
Criminal Legislation

Purpose: This article presents the authors’ analysis of the problem of determining the subject of a crime as a legal concept, and defining the legal characteristics of a person who has committed a crime by features that are necessary for criminal responsibility (individual, age, and responsibility). Methodology: The present study was based on a dialectic approach to the disclosure of legal phenomena using general scientific and private scientific methods. Considered the Convention on Rights of the Child1989; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights "in 1966; and UN Standard Minimum Rules for Administration of Juvenile Justice. Result: It is noted that the theory of criminal law and criminal legislation of various legal systems, including Russia, associate criminal responsibility with the age of the subject of the crime. Based on the requirements of criminal law, the subject of a crime may not be any imputed person, but only having reached a certain age. Applications: This research can be used for universities and students in law. Novelty/Originality: In this research, the model of establishing age limits of criminal responsibility is presented in a comprehensive and complete manner.

Criminal law measures to combat provocation of crimes and falsification of criminals

2021 ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Viktor N. Borkov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
The Individual

The article examines the criminal-legal aspects of the actual problem of protecting the inviolability of the individual from the unacceptable activity of state representatives in the exercise of law enforcement functions. Topical issues for theory and practice of the legal nature of the provocation of crime and the falsification of criminals remain debatable. There are no unified approaches to the qualification of provocative and inflammatory actions and cases of "throwing" objects to citizens, for the turnover of which criminal responsibility arises, there is no theoretical justification for the criminal legal status of persons provoked to commit a crime. The article shows that the qualification of common cases of provocation of crimes and falsification of criminals according to the norms providing for liability for abuse of official authority, falsification of evidence or the results of operational investigative activities should be recognized as not accurate. At the same time, responsibility for these actions committed by subjects who are not officials, and without the participation of the latter, has not been established at all. The author proposes a draft criminal law provision providing for liability for inducing to commit a crime or its staging in order to illegally create grounds for criminal prosecution. The paper questions the approach according to which a person provoked by law enforcement officers to commit a crime is not subject to criminal liability regardless of the specifics of the encroachment.

scholarly journals CRIMINAL AND LEGAL STUDY OF CONNIVANCE IN CRIME AS A SIGN CHARACTERIZING CONFLUENCE OF SEVERAL PERSONS IN ONE CRIME

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (72) (2) ◽  
pp. 236-241
Author(s):  
A. A. Kashkarov ◽  
D. A. Poshtaruk
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Legal Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Objective Side ◽  
Made In

A criminal and legal analysis of the objective and subjective signs, characterizing the connivance to the crime is made in the publication. The study found that connivance in a crime may be characteristic of various criminal law institutions, such as implication in a crime and complicity in a crime. In addition, the presented arguments show that connivance as a criminally punishable act may be associated with non-interference with unlawful activities that do not constitute a crime. The analysis shows that connivance in a crime can have a selfish purpose. It is noted that connivance in a crime is significantly different from other forms of implication in a crime, namely concealment of a crime and failure to report a crime. The subject of connivance in a crime is a person endowed with special powers to prevent, document and register crimes or offences. The article discloses that there is no special penal provision in the current Act of Criminal Responsibility of the Russian Federation that criminalizes it. The exception is the disposition of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of RF, which contains an indication of connivance as a sign characterizing the objective side of receiving a bribe.

scholarly journals Legal analysis of the content of the category «criminal law impact»

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Valery F. Lapshin
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Final Conclusion ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Relationship

The category of criminal law impact is currently being actively studied in the domestic legal science for the relationship with the content of the categories of criminal punishment, other measures of a criminal law nature, criminal liability. In the presented study, the problem of determining the types of criminal law influence and the peculiarities of their implementation, depending on the presence or absence of certain legally significant features, is posed. Given the stated problems, the subject of the study is determined in the form of criminal law norms that enshrine deprivation and legal restrictions that apply to persons who have committed a socially dangerous act prohibited by criminal law. The application in the process of research of a combination of general scientific and private scientific methods allowed us to formulate the final conclusion that the criminal legal effect is realized as a result of the application of criminal liability measures and other measures of a criminal legal nature. Criminal liability is realized on general and preferential terms. The basis for the use of the latter is the fact of positive post-criminal behavior, which significantly reduces the social danger of the perpetrator.

scholarly journals Criminal Liability for Knowingly Unlawful Sentence, Decision or Other Judicial Act

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Pavel Metelsky ◽  
Nadezhda Verchenko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Considerable Complexity

Introduction. The publication is devoted to the corpus delicti, provided for by Art. 305 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which, being, in fact, a special type of official abuse, stands out as the direct object of a criminal assault and a special subject, since it can be committed exclusively by professional judges. The main features of the objective and subjective parties, qualifying signs of the offense are revealed, some problems that arise when applying this criminal law are outlined. Purpose. The goal is to analyze the design features of the crime and issues that arise when applying this rule. Methodology. The method of a formal legal analysis of the norms of the criminal law and theoretical provisions on problems directly related to the application of this rule was used. Results. The public danger of a criminal act that undermines the very foundations of justice is obvious, in connection with which it stands out as an independent crime by all the Russian Criminal Codes, starting in 1922, the history of criminal responsibility for its commission can be traced in our country in general since the 16th century. The current criminal law prohibition is characterized by considerable complexity, due to both the blanket nature of the disposition of the norm itself and the presence of discrepancies in the understanding of the signs embodied in it. Conclusion. The implementation of criminal liability for this crime involves the establishment of not only circumstances directly related to the corpus delicti that lie in the criminal law field. The subject of an infringement, a judicial act, must be subjected to procedural review without fail, after which, subject to the consent of the Higher Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Russian Federation, in fact, and the mechanism of criminal prosecution is “launched”. That is, a truly “multi-way” combination of actions is necessary, carried out in several stages, and the problem itself to some extent becomes interdisciplinary, going beyond only criminal law.

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