scholarly journals CRIMINAL POLICY REGARDING CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE SPHERE OF BUSINESS

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-56
Author(s):  
Oleg A. Zaitsev ◽  
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Vladimir P. Kashepov ◽  
Stanislav L. Nudel ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Economic Crime ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Economic Relations

In the article, the authors consider the problems of the formation and implementation of criminal policy in relation to crimes committed in the field of entrepreneurial activity in the context of the development of criminal and criminal procedural law and law enforcement practice. In the Russian Federation, special attention is paid to building trust between government and business; stability and predictability of legal regulation of economic relations; the formation of a law enforcement system that effectively protects economic rights and freedom of entrepreneurship. At the same time, the current norms on responsibility for crimes of an eco-nomic orientation in conjunction with procedural forms of criminal proceedings, as well as their actual implementation, cause justified concern in the science of law and law enforcement practice due to their imperfection. Ensuring the protection of economic relations should be expressed not only in combating economic crime, but also in the development of effective criminal law and criminal procedural mechanisms for protecting the legitimate interests of entrepreneurs who may be involved in the sphere of criminal proceedings. The leading components of Russian criminal policy in the field of economic security are such forms of legislative transformation as criminalization and decriminalization. The ongoing socio-political and economic transformations necessitate the decriminalization of certain acts (for example, in relation to pseudo-business; deliberately false advertising, consumer fraud, etc.) or require the criminalization of certain acts in the economic sphere (in particular, in relation to the falsification of a single state register of legal entities, illegal retail sale of alco-holic and alcohol-containing food products, etc.) The humanization of legislation is substantiated by modern concepts of substantive and procedural guarantees for ensuring the rights of entrepreneurs, aimed at mitigating measures of criminal repression, the need to maintain a balance of private and public interests that need appropriate legal protection. Modern criminal policy is inevitably associated with the further modernization of criminal proceedings, the democratization of its principles and means of law enforcement. At the same time, the main emphasis is placed on the creation of a special, favorable procedural regime in the conduct of preliminary investigation and court proceedings. First of all, this concerns changes in the procedure for applying preventive measures. In addition, in cases of crimes in the field of entrepreneurial and other economic activity, the criminal procedure legislation has undergone changes, fixing the features: the procedure for considering a report of a crime; initiation of a criminal case against entrepreneurs; the performance of procedural actions with electronic media, other items and documents seized in the course of criminal proceedings; release from criminal liability and termination of criminal prosecution, etc. It is concluded that, within the framework of the state's criminal policy, one should expect changes and additions to criminal and criminal procedural legislation aimed at strengthening trust between the government and business, the formation of a fair law enforcement system that can effectively protect basic economic rights and freedom of entrepreneurship.

Criminal law and economic activity (ratio of private and public interests)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Artemov ◽  
N. Golovanova ◽  
A. Gravina ◽  
O. Zaycev ◽  
V. Kashepov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
General Description ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Legitimate Interests

The scientific and practical guide is devoted to the formation of a comprehensive and systematic approach to improving the activities of the court and preliminary investigation bodies in cases of crimes committed in the field of business and other economic activities (including taking into account the experience of law enforcement practice in criminal prosecution of entrepreneurs in a number of foreign countries). The problem of establishing a balance between the duties of judicial and investigative bodies within their competence to take measures to ensure economic security and to respect the rights and legitimate interests of entrepreneurs involved in criminal proceedings is considered. The author defines the main directions and forms of modern criminal policy in this area; gives a General description of the criminal legal situation in terms of ensuring economic security; identifies additional guarantees of the rights and legitimate interests of entrepreneurs provided in the implementation of law enforcement activities. Particular importance is attached to the study of substantive and criminal procedural mechanisms used in criminal proceedings on economic crimes. For researchers, practicing lawyers, representatives of the business community, teachers, postgraduates, students of law schools and faculties, as well as for a wide range of readers interested in this issue.

scholarly journals Favorable Business Environment as a Criterion for Criminal Proceedings Effectiveness in Modern Russia

Lex Russica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
P. O. Panfilov
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Main Criterion ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Social Effectiveness ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law

The paper analyzes various scientific approaches to understanding the effectiveness of criminal proceedings. It is concluded that in the doctrine of criminal process effectiveness is connected with the achievement of its purpose and tasks different understanding of which causes different understanding of effectiveness. On the basis of the analysis of the criminal procedure law, it is substantiated that the main criterion of evaluation of the effectiveness of criminal proceedings includes its influence on creation of favorable business environement in the country. The author recognizes the possibility of dividing the effectiveness of criminal proceedings into legal and social ones. The author interprets the legal effectiveness of the criminal process as its ability to ensure the public interest of all members of the society related to the full and comprehensive establishment of circumstances of the criminal case, the incrimination of the offender, the fight against crime. It is proposed to consider the possibility of criminal procedural means to secure normal economic relations and favorable business environement as one of the components of social effectiveness.The paper proves that the means chosen to increase the social effectiveness associated with the implementation of economic rights and freedoms, negatively affect both itself and the legal effectiveness of the criminal process related to the implementation of its intended purpose. It is proposed to refuse to consider a favorable business environment as the main criterion for assessing the effectiveness of both the entire criminal process and its individual components. Effectiveness should come to the fore, and the criterion of such effectiveness includes public interests aimed at combating crime. It is concluded that even as a secondary component, favorable business environment as a criterion of effectiveness requires such legal means of ensuring it that would not reduce the guarantees of implementation of the highest public interest. It is substantiated that the creation of legal guarantees to protect business from criminal prosecution is unacceptable without creating a mechanism that can separate legal business from illegal business.

scholarly journals Discretionary Model of Legal Regulation of a Criminal Case and Criminal Prosecution Termination: Pro et Contra

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 214-222
Author(s):  
G. N. Kucherov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Enforcement Officer ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Law Enforcement Officer ◽  
The Law

The paper discusses the issues of choosing the most effective model of criminal proceedings termination, analyzes the proposed in the scientific literature model of refusal of the discretion of the law enforcement officer when making an appropriate procedural decision. The author, based on the practice of the European Court of Human Rights, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the decisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, studies the relationship between the principle of justice and the legality of procedural decisions to terminate a criminal case and criminal prosecution. The author concludes that the discretionary model of legal regulation of a criminal case and criminal prosecution termination is an effective means of achieving the purpose of criminal proceedings, allowing the law enforcement officer to make a fair decision, given the nature, degree of social danger of the crime, the circumstances of its commission, information about the identity of the person who committed the crime. Refusal of the discretion of the law enforcement officer in the matter of terminating a criminal case will not only not contribute to the humanization of legislation, but will mark the victory of formalism over justice in criminal proceedings.

Conceptual problems of the rehabilitation institute in criminal proceedings

2020 ◽  
pp. 278-286
Author(s):  
Anton Fedyunin ◽  
Natalya Peretyatko
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
Conceptual Problems ◽  
Industry Affiliation

We consider procedural and legal problems of ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of the rehabilitated person in criminal proceedings. The purpose of the work is to study the problems of industry affiliation of the rehabilitation institute, the grounds for rehabilitation, and analyze the phi-losophical and ethical categories that make up the legal basis of the rehabili-tation institution. We analyze the legislative regulation of the rehabilitation institution and identify contradictions in the current legislation in the studied sphere of legal relations, as well as focus on the possibility of violating the rights and legitimate interests of rehabilitated person stipulated by law. The methodological basis of the study consists in the use of traditional general logical and special legal methods – logical, formal and legal, analysis and generalization of law enforcement practice. We propose the author’s concept about the nature and legal nature of the rehabilitation institution as an inter-disciplinary institution, which consists in the fact that rehabilitation consists in the idea of complete innocence. A literal (adequate) interpretation of the concept of rehabilitation in this case means the presence of three key ele-ments: 1) the criminal prosecution of a person was unfair (illegal, un-founded); 2) the application of measures of criminal procedural coercion and (or) criminal punishment to him was illegal (unreasonable); 3) there were no grounds for prosecuting him, or there were grounds for excluding him. The study allows us to conclude that the rehabilitation institution of innocent needs further improvement, based on its thorough legal regulation, since, be-ing an interdisciplinary institution, it can ensure the observance and respect of the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizen only if the contradictions in the current legislation are eliminated.

scholarly journals ON THE NEED TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT CIRCULATION IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS OF RUSSIA, INCLUDING THE EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRONIC FORM FOR THE PROCEDURE OF APPROVAL OF PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND DECISIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-567
Author(s):  
A.A. Nasonov ◽  
R.Yu. Malueva
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Electronic Materials ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Electronic Document ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Electronic Documents ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Legal High

The article is devoted to the questions concerning electronic document circulation in criminal legal proceedings of Russia. In particular, it is a question of problems of accurate understanding of “the electronic document”, applied in criminal legal proceedings; delimitation of use of electronic document circulation in criminally-remedial relations; correction of the circle of persons, having an opportunity to use electronic documents in criminal legal proceedings. In the article, a possibility of formation of electronic materials of check of the message on a crime, and also electronic materials of ex-traditional check which is passed about the decision of a question on delivery of the person for criminal prosecution is considered. Besides, the article proves the requirement of distribution of a legal regulation of electronic document circulation on a stage of excitation of criminal case and on the manufactures covered by the international cooperation in sphere of criminally-remedial relations, including manufacture about delivery of the person for criminal prosecution and sentence execution. Arguments in favour of necessity of involving for the electronic document circulation which is carried out within the limits of criminal legal proceedings, along with judges of inspectors, investigators, public prosecutors, heads of investigatory body and chiefs of division of inquiry are resulted. The conclusion about necessity of expansion of criminally-remedial space for use of electronic document circulation is formulated. Conclusions which are done by the authors are based on the analysis of existing theoretical representations and Russian criminally-remedial legislation. Article materials are intended for students, post-graduate students, teachers of legal high schools, science officers, and also workers of law enforcement bodies.

scholarly journals ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION OF THE FUNCTIONING OF JUVENILE JUSTICE IN THE ENSURING OF CHILD RIGHTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (20) ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
N. Yu. Veselov
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Law ◽  
Keywords Child ◽  
Legal Mechanism

Problem setting. Legal regulation is an integral component of the administrative and legal mechanism for ensuring the functioning of juvenile justice, through which the state regulates relevant social relations through law and the totality of legal means. Recent research and publications analysis. The following Ukrainian scientists tried to conceptually solve these issues: Ya. Kvitka, V. Levchenko, O. Maksimenko, N. Lesko, I. Ishchenko, O. Navrotsky. Paper objective. The purpose of the study is to obtain scientific and applied results on the presentation of options for legislative support of juvenile justice in other countries and to formulate proposals for improving the administrative and legal regulation of juvenile justice in Ukraine. Paper main body. The analysis of the legislation of other countries indicates that there are several conditional models of legal regulation of the peculiarities of ensuring the rights of the child in the exercise of juvenile justice. This division is based on the following criteria, such as the existence of a law in the country that establishes the general principles of the judicial and extrajudicial, administrative and legal protection of children’s rights; the existence of a separate law on juvenile justice, which codifies all the rules of law that determine the peculiarities of criminal proceedings against children; the existence of a separate law on juvenile justice, but which establishes the general principles of the operation of juvenile justice, public administration in this area, prevention of offenses, etc. Conclusions of the research. The expediency of adopting the Law on Juvenile Justice in Ukraine, which, in its content, will mainly be an act of administrative and legal nature, the Law «On Ensuring the Rights of the Child in Ukraine», the Law «On the Ombudsman of Ukraine» is substantiated. Keywords: child, minor, legal regulation, administrative law, juvenile justice, justice.

scholarly journals The History of the Development of the French Laws on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  
◽  
Mikhail V. Krichevtsev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Economic Crime ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Entities

The article reviews the history of development of French laws on criminal liability of legal entities. The authors note that the institution of criminal liability of legal entities (collective criminal liability) dates back to the ancient times and has been forming in the French territory for a long time. Initially, it was established in the acts on collective liability residents of certain territories, in particular, in the laws of the Salian Franks. This institution was inherited from the Franks by the law of the medieval France, and got transferred from the medieval period to the French criminal law of the modern period. The article reviews the laws of King Louis XIV as an example of establishment of collective criminal liability: the Criminal Ordinance of 1670 and the Ordinances on Combating Vagrancy and Goods Smuggling of 1706 and 1711. For the first time ever, one can study the Russian translation of the collective criminal liability provisions of the said laws. The authors state that although the legal traditions of collective liability establishment were interrupted by the transformations caused by the French Revolution of 1789 to 1794, criminal liability of legal entities remained in Article 428 of the French Penal Code of 1810 as a remnant of the past and was abolished only as late as in 1957. The publication draws attention to the fact that the criminal law codification process was not finished in France, and some laws stipulating criminal liability of legal entities were in effect in addition to the French Penal Code of 1810: the Law on the Separation of Church and State of December 9, 1905; the Law of January 14, 1933; the Law on Maritime Trade of July 19, 1934; the Ordinance on Criminal Prosecution of the Press Institutions Cooperating with Enemies during World War II of May 5, 1945. The authors describe the role of the Nuremberg Trials and the documents of the Council of Europe in the establishment of the French laws on criminal liability of legal entities, in particular, Resolution (77) 28 On the Contribution of Criminal Law to the Protection of the Environment, Recommendation No. R (81) 12 On Economic Crime, the Recommendation No. R (82) 15 On the Role of Criminal Law in Consumer Protection and Recommendation No. (88) 18 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States Concerning Liability of Enterprises Having Legal Personality for Offences Committed in the Exercise of Their Activities. The authors conclude that the introduction of the institution of criminal liability of legal entities is based on objective conditions and that research of the history of establishment of the laws on collective liability is of great importance for understanding of the modern legal regulation of the issues of criminal liability of legal entities.

scholarly journals The subject of judicial control in consideration of complaints: controversial issues of legal regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-109
Author(s):  
El'vira Mirgorodskaya
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation

The purpose of this study was an attempt to theoretically understand the subject of judicial consideration of complaints against decisions, actions (inaction) of officials carrying out criminal prosecution. The research was carried out on the basis of comparative legal, formal logical, empirical, statistical methods. Judicial statistics for the year 2020 have been provided, and legislation has been studied from a historical and contemporary perspective, taking into account the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. The problem is that, in practice, for about 20 years the courts have had difficulties in determining the subject of complaints, since neither in theory nor in practice a consensus has been developed on this issue. The Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation also does not contain a definition of the concept of «subject matter». The situation is aggravated by the presence of evaluative concepts in the text of the law, leading to a varied understanding of the subject of appeal by the courts, which leads to a violation of the constitutional rights of citizens at the pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings. In the article, taking into account the analysis of the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, legislation and the opinion of scientists, a recommendation was made to amend the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation to specify the subject of consideration of complaints in accordance with Art. 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation in order to eliminate existing contradictions in practice and increase the level of protection of individual rights in pre-trial proceedings.

scholarly journals Use of intelligence tools of operational and search activities in pre-trial investigation

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (45) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Oleh Tarasenko ◽  
Artem Shevchishen ◽  
Yurii Yermakov ◽  
Dmytro Mirkovets ◽  
Yaroslav Diakin
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Theoretical Method ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Search Activity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Legal Grounds

The purpose of the article is to determine the features and legal grounds for the use of tools of operational and search activities in the pre-trial investigation. Subject of research: The subject of research is covert investigative (search) actions and operational and search measures. Methodology: dialectical method, formal logic methods, logical and semantic method, system analysis method, theoretical method, normative and dogmatic method, legal modeling method. The results of the study: Distinguishing between investigation and search measures, we apply the following principle: if the object of operational activities is already known to law enforcement officers we are talking about search measures, if not – about investigation measures. Practical consequences: The possibility of legal regulation of the use of tools of operational and search activity at the stages of criminal proceedings is determined. Value / originality: It is concluded that the list of operational and search measures also includes those that have no analogues with the CISAs and therefore operational and search measures do not duplicate the CISAs, but perform the task of ensuring the possibility of fulfilling the investigator’s instructions to conduct the CISAs.

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