scholarly journals Terror as a Tool of Stalin’s Rule Book Review: Syrykh VM. The Legal Nature of Stalin’s Terror: In Compliance with the Directives of the Party, but Contrary to the Law. Moscow: Yurlitinform Publ.; 2020

Lex Russica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146-155
Author(s):  
V. G. Baev ◽  
A. N. Marchenko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
State System ◽  
Legal Scholar ◽  
Soviet People ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Theorist

The paper provides for a critical analysis of the monographic work by famous Marxist legal scholar, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation Vladimir M. Syrykh. As known, there are a lot of works investigating the crimes of Stalinist politics based on open sources that have become available to scientists. Prof. Syrykh cultivates a different, legal view of the activities of Stalinist leadership. As a legal theorist and methodologist, he set himself the goal of analyzing the legal nature of Stalin’s repressive policies and his associates in the 1930s-1950s. The researcher concluded that Stalin’s leadership in the process of building the socialist state turned away from the requirements of the constitution and Soviet legislation, acted contrary to law, replacing it with Directives, which can be qualified as undermining the state system.Reviewers praise the work by Vladimir M. Syrykh, sharing many of his submissions. As reviewers see, the author’s intention was to purge the very idea of socialism from the distortions and perversions brought by Stalin. According to the author, Stalin perverted the creative nature of Marxism and Lenin’s legacy. However, the authors of the review indicate that the policy of terror against the Soviet people coincides with the period of Stalin’s rule, which gives grounds to Prof. Syrykh opponents to claim: 40 years of socialist construction involved violence, coercion and killing thousands of people. The book under review is written to counter such claims.

scholarly journals LEGALITY OF DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE SUBJECTS OF OPERATIONAL AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES: ON THE QUESTION OF THE LEGAL NATURE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitriy A. Babichev
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Broad Understanding

The article deals with the problem of determining the legal nature of the decisions taken by the bodies engaged in operational investigative activities. Stating the amorphousness in the relevant scientifi c research, the author refers to the doctrinal ideas about the essence of legality in the fi eld of operational and investigative activities. On the basis of a critical analysis of the provisions set forth in the most cited dissertations, monographs, textbooks, as well as in the comments to the Laws of the Russian Federation «On the Prosecutor’s offi ce of the Russian Federation», «On operational investigative activities», a number of judgements are put forward. It is stated that the rule of law is a social and legal phenomenon, which can be considered to be a principle, a method or regime. Legality as a phenomenon develops and changes together with society, law and the state. Understanding and interpreting the rule of law often does not take into account the conceptual shifts in the architectonics of legal regulation that have occurred in post-Soviet Russian legislation. The author comes to the conclusion that the modern conditions for the implementation of operational and investigative tasks dictate the urgent need to clarify and even revise the essence of legality by moving from a narrow to a broad understanding of its legal nature. In particular, preference is given to the legal approach, which implies subordination of the rule of law to higher legal principles and ideals, for example, justice.

scholarly journals Confiscation of property as a criminal punishment

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-82
Author(s):  
М.Ф. Гареев
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Criminal Punishment ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Legislative Regulation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Legislation

В статье рассматривается и обосновывается необходимость возобновления в уголовном праве института конфискации имущества в качестве уголовного наказания. Необходимость его возобновления обусловлена наличием ряда преступных деяний, представляющих угрозу обществу, государству, национальной безопасности Российской Федерации. В настоящее время законодательная регламентация конфискации имущества в качестве иной меры уголовноправового характера, вызванная неопределенностью его сущности, целевых установок и механизма назначения, не выполняет предупредительную задачу, установленную уголовным законодательством. The article discusses and substantiates the need to renew the institution of confiscation of property in criminal law as a criminal punishment. The need to resume it is due to the presence of a number of criminal acts that pose a threat to society, the state, and the national security of the Russian Federation. Currently, the legislative regulation of the confiscation of property as another measure of a criminal-legal nature, caused by the uncertainty of its essence, targets and the mechanism of appointment, does not fulfill the preventive task established by the criminal legislation.

CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION AS A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TYPE: ON THE ISSUE STATEMENT

2018 ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
N.E. Sadokhina
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
The Stability

The relevance of the research topic is due to the uncertainty of the provision of constitutional responsibility in the system of legal responsibility types. The study purpose is to the legal nature analysis of constitutional and legal responsibility, allowing it to be viewed as a form of legal responsibility. The conducted research is based on general scientific analysis methods, deduction, and also private law – the formal legal method. So, on the basis of the analysis of the current legislation and law-enforcement practice, we conclude that the political and legal nature of constitutional responsibility is special. On the one hand, it is a form of legal responsibility and is applied to subjects of constitutional responsibility in cases provided for by constitutional norms. On the other hand, it helps to regulate relations that arise in the sphere of public administration, ensure the stability of the functioning of the state apparatus. It is established that this feature explains also the fact that constitutional responsibility can occur not only in case of an offense, but also in case of lawful behavior. It is determined that for consideration of the constitutional responsibility as a special kind of legal responsibility it is necessary to introduce a special procedural order of calling to account, including in particular the procedure for appealing the dissolution of the State Duma, giving the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation the powers to consider such cases. And it is also necessary to fix a list of circumstances that may form the basis for a decision on mistrust in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The conclusion is made that these legislative changes will underline the specificity of constitutional and legal responsibility and leave no doubt about its status as a kind of legal responsibility.

scholarly journals Legal Regulation of Cryptocurrency Emission and Allocation: Trends and Prospects

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Egorova ◽  
A. V. Belitskaya
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Philosophical Question ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Russian Federation

Recently, the legislation on cryptocurrencies has been rapidly developing both in foreign countries and in the Russian Federation. The paper analyses trends and prospects of legal regulation of cryptocurrency emission and allocation, represents various approaches to this issue in the international arena. The author provides us with a thorough analysis of recent trends in the development of legislation on the emission and allocation of cryptocurrencies in the world, substantiates the theses that states are constantly seeking to settle the digital realm. By defining the legal nature of cryptocurrencies and referring them to a particular object of legal regulation, the state streamlines and systematizes the rules that will be applied to mining and ICO. Whether the market is interested in such regulation is a philosophical question, but the state as a sovereign cannot afford to recognize (the lack of regulation should be treated as a tacit recognition in this case) the existence of cryptocurrency as an alternative to the national payment unit.

scholarly journals The concept and the administrative-legal nature of public service in the prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-399
Author(s):  
A.V. Smirnov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
The State ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
Moral Qualities ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Federal Public Service

Based on the analysis of various scientific positions, the article reveals the administrative-legal nature and essence of state-service relations in the prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation. It is noted that the uniqueness of the prosecutor’s service is due, among other things, to the execution of various law enforcement, human rights, control and supervisory and other functions by prosecutors, which indicates the multifunctionality of this type of public service. Such characteristics of the service in the prosecutor’s office, in turn, lead to increased requirements for the service itself, for the business and moral qualities of employees. On the basis of the methodology of integrative legal thinking, the author’s concept of civil service and service in the prosecutor’s office is given. The latter, in particular, is disclosed as a special type of professional activity carried out on behalf of the state by its citizens holding positions of the federal public service in the prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation, in order to fulfill in accordance with the law on the prosecutor’s office and the rules establishing special moral and ethical requirements for their official and off-duty behavior of the duties assigned to the prosecutor’s office, carried out in order to ensure the supremance of law, unity and strengthening the rule of law, protect human and civil rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state protected by law, as well as related to the performance of the functions of internal management of the prosecutor’s office, organizing and service in these bodies.

scholarly journals Civil law reform in Russia: a critical analysis

10.12737/982 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
Ольга Серова ◽  
Olga Serova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article describes the state of civil law at this stage. The concept of development of civil legislation of the Russian Federation has set a clear direction changes. In reality, however, many of the provisions have not been taken into account. The article identifies the main trends of development of the system of legal persons. The author marks positive and negative aspects of the proposed legislative innovations.

scholarly journals A Promising Model of the “Symmetrical Federation” State System in the Context of Ensuring National Security of Russia

Lex Russica ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
E. I. Foigel ◽  
G. G. Nebratenko ◽  
I. G. Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
State System ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Federal Districts ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Perspective Model

The problem of ensuring national security is so important for the Russian Federation that, along with the rule of human rights and freedoms, as well as patriotism, it can become an ideological pillar. The asymmetry of the state system of Russia poses one of the treats to the state security. It invariably affects the vector and pace of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, creates conditions for decentralization and, in the long term, could lead to more serious political consequences. A potential for improvement of the state system lies in strengthening of the institution of plenipotentiary representatives of the President of Russia in the federal districts, as well as in considering the further enlargement of certain constituent entities of the Federation. The fact is that the existing model of the state system that evolved as a result of the Russian Federation succession to the USSR does not any longer comply with the national interest creating a gap in the field of ensuring state security.The existance of the constituent entities that are heterogeneous in territory, population size and composition, economic potential, and the most importantly — the actual amount of political rights granted to ethnos -- inevitably raises the question of the illusory of the equality of peoples settled in the republics, autonomous districts and regions, with other indigenous and non-indigenous small peoples, as well as with the Russians. Such differentiation forms the dynamics of latent migration processes, as well as complicates the criminogenic situation due to “ethnic crime”, including corruption-related crimes, creating problems for the State in the field of law enforcement. This kind of metamorphoses, which require constitutional changes, forces the domestic legal science to develop a perspective model of the state structure of Russia. Discussions on this issue are valuable in themselves, as they allow us to formulate possible directions for the development of the state and law with due regard to the historical destiny and international mission of our State, especially in light of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The considerations stated above mainstream this paper.

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