THE PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETING CERTAIN SIGNS OF THE OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE ASPECTS OF THE COMPONENTS OF INCITEMENT TO SUICIDE (ARTICLE 110 OF THE RF CRIMINAL CODE): THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
N. Zh. Danilina ◽  
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N. F. Angipova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Minor

Russia is among the top ten in terms of the number of suicides per capita. There are many reasons why a person decides to leave life. Often, it is the result of long-term problems and experiences that a person could not cope with. The reasons for suicide can also be the actions of other persons, including criminal ones classified by criminal law as incitement to suicide. The inaccuracy of the formulated disposition in the article on the incitement to suicide or attempted suicide (Article 110 of the RF Criminal Code) causes controversy in the scientific community and some difficulties in law enforcement. The paper studies the definition of individual objective and subjective signs of incitement to suicide and the search for ways to resolve them. The authors considered various positions of the authors of the interpretation of the concept of objective and subjective signs – a threat as a method of bringing to suicide, a form of guilt of such crime and analyzed the reasons for the contradictory judicial practice in their determination. The analysis allowed differentiating criminal liability of a person who committed a crime considering the principle of justice. The authors propose to amend the disposition of Article 110 of the RF Criminal Code by dividing into separate parts deliberate actions aimed at incitement to suicide and negligence and intent concerning the consequences; to add to the specified article a particularly classifying feature in the form of deliberate actions led to a suicide or attempted suicide of a minor and mentally defective person; to add to Article 163 of the RF Criminal Code (extortion) a particularly classifying feature in the form of serious consequences by negligence, including a suicide.

Types of Criminal Acts

2021 ◽  
pp. 255-260
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Shesler ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
A Minor

The article examines criminal acts, with which the law associates certain criminal legal consequences. The aim of the article is to substantiate the identification of various criminal acts and show their specificity in comparison with crimes. The research is based on the domestic criminal legislation, materials of judicial practice and the legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany. The research methods are: the method of comparative law, which allowed comparing the provisions about criminal offenses in the 1960 Criminal Code of the RSFSR and in the 1996 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Criminal Code of Germany; the method of document analysis, which made it possible to analyze the judicial practice and proposals of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the introduction of provisions on criminal offences in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; the formal-logical method that made it possible to analyze the content of the norms of the Criminal Code about criminal acts. The article concludes that, in addition to crimes, criminal acts should include: a criminal offence, which entails criminal liability in the form of replacing punishment with a more severe one (fine, compulsory labor, correctional labor, restriction of freedom as the main type of punishment, forced labor) or criminal liability in the form of the cancellation of any type of probation (suspended sentence, parole, deferred sentence, deferred sentence for drug addicts); a minor act; socially dangerous behavior of persons who are not subjects of a crime due to their minor age or insanity; innocent infliction of harm. The article shows the specificity of a misdemeanour, consisting in the fact that this act is not socially dangerous, does not contain signs of a crime, violates the liability of the convicted person to be subject to limitations arising from the court-appointed punishment or type of probation (suspended sentence, parole, deferred sentence, deferred sentence for drug addicts). It is substantiated that a minor act should be referred to circumstances that exclude the criminality of an act due to the absence of public danger, an essential feature of a crime. It is argued that acts, provided for by the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, committed in a state of insanity and entailing compulsory medical measures, should not be subject to criminal law. The article criticizes the judicial practice of a broad interpretation of the commission of a crime by a group of persons, according to which it is not only a co-execution, but also any execution of the objective side of the crime by several persons, of which only one can be the perpetrator. It is argued that causing harm due to the non-compliance of the psychophysiological qualities of a person with the requirements of an extreme situation does not apply to innocent infliction of harm.

scholarly journals Victim of operational provocation or criminal?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-116
Author(s):  
Viktor Borkov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Physical Property ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Justification ◽  
Legal Understanding

The article discusses the urgent, not regulated by the criminal law, problem of qualifying the actions of the person who committed the crime as a result of the provocative actions of law enforcement officials. Attention is drawn to the absence in theory and judicial practice of a consistent scientific and legal justification for the release of persons provoked to a crime from criminal liability. An “encroachment” committed as a result of a “police provocation” is considered taking into account the institutions of complicity, involvement and inducement to commit a crime. The author examines the proposals already made by experts from fixing the provocation of a crime as one of the circumstances excluding criminal liability (Chapter 8 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), to including its arsenal of operationalsearch means to combat crime. According to the constitutional legal understanding of the investigated problem, the assessment of the act of the provoked is influenced by the activities of the persons who incited him to commit a crime, the essence of the disturbed social relations and the nature of the physical, property, organizational or other consequences that have occurred. The question of the criminal legal assessment of the acts of the provoked persons is proposed to be decided differentially, taking into account the reality and the measure of the harm caused by them.

scholarly journals About Some Problems of Criminal liability Regulation for Terror Crimes

2018 ◽  
pp. 21-24
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Practice Improvement ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Individual Article ◽  
Financing Of Terrorism ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The article is devoted to the problem of criminal legal responsibility regulation for terror crimes. The authors analyze the legislative design of such crime compositions, provided by Ch. 24 of the current RF Criminal Code, first of all, the novels included in the Criminal Law in 2013 - 2017, the sanctions on criminal law norms, as well as the effectiveness of their implementation in practice. Critical remarks are made and proposals are introduced aimed at criminal legislation, as well as law enforcement practice improvement. The authors raise the problems of punishment imposition for committed crimes, in particular, criticize the legislator’s position on the imposition of less stringent sanctions for more dangerous forms of assistance to terrorists, and on the imposition of stricter sanctions for less dangerous forms of assistance to terrorism. Judicial practice is analyzed with the purpose to reveal the effectiveness of individual article provision application from RF Criminal Code. They performed the comparison of the criminal law revisions, and they analyzed the introduced changes. The authors make specific proposals to amend certain provisions of the criminal law, in particular, on the criminalization of responsibility for the financing of terrorism as an independent crime.

Expert's Subscription and the Procedure for its Registration when Assigning a Forensic Examination

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
V. V. Ustinov ◽  
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P. A. Chetverkin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Inadmissible Evidence ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Forensic Examination ◽  
False Conclusion ◽  
Expert’S Opinion ◽  
The Russian Federation

Currently, due to the principle of adversarial proceedings, almost every expert's opinion is accompanied by its review by a specialist engaged by one or another party to the process. One of the shortcomings reflected in the reviews is a violation of the procedure for subscribing to the expert's warning of criminal liability for giving a deliberately false conclusion under article 307 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation. Failure to comply with this very important procedure may result in the recognition of the expert's opinion as inadmissible evidence. In our opinion, the analysis of judicial practice and procedural rules governing this procedure, as well as the proposed recommendations, will help law enforcement entities in assessing the expert's opinion and its admissibility as evidence in the case.

scholarly journals LEGAL REGULATION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF JUDGES FOR MAKING AN UNJUST DECISION IN UKRAINE: CURRENT STATUS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliya Karpova ◽  
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Grigoriy Zabarniy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Court Decision ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Logical Method ◽  
Definition Of

Subject of study. The article is determined for studying such a question as the recognition by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine of Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine as inconsistent with the Constitution of Ukraine (unconstitutional). The suggested article includes investigating such a question as the defining and applying of the notions “wittingly unjust” and “injustice” in Ukrainian law, taking into account the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine № 7-p/2020 dated June 11, 2020. Methodology. In this study, the authors used the logical method, the method of semantic analysis, as well as the comparative law method. The purpose. The purpose of this article is analyzing the method and arguments for recognizing the unconstitutionality of Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which have been used by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine № 7-p/2020 dated June 11, 2020, as well as delineation of the limits and grounds of criminal liability of judges for making unjust decisions after the abolition of Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The authors consider the definition and application of the terms “wittingly unjust” and “injustice” in judicial practice in Ukraine. The authors consider the options for defining the terms “wittingly unjust” and “injustice”, which were developed by Ukrainian lawyers. The authors conclude that there is no generally accepted definition of the terms “wittingly unjust” and “injustice” both in Ukrainian judicial practice and in Ukrainian legal science. The authors come to the conclusion that the concept of “injustice” cannot be used in modern Ukrainian law enforcement practice because it is not defined. The authors analyze the procedure for instituting a criminal case against a judge for a wittingly unjust court decision and conclude that this procedure leads to delegating the function of a judge to assess a court decision to the prosecutor, which is prohibited by the Constitution of Ukraine. The author review the international standards of criminal liability of judges for the issuance of court decisions in comparison with the arguments of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to establish the unconstitutionality of Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. From the above data, the authors concluded that the arguments of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to establish the unconstitutionality of Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine duly justify the repeal of Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The main attention is given to the assessment of the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine № 7-p/2020 dated June 11, 2020 by the international legal institutions – the European Community and the United Nations. The authors used a logical method to analyze cases of Ukrainian judges making unjust court decisions and found signs of corruption offences or human rights violations in these cases. Сonclusion of the study. Therefore, the authors propose to proceed judges to criminal liability for the corruption offenses in cases where judges judge an unjust court decision. Value/originality. This study is an оriginal proposal to solve the current problem of regulating the criminal liability of judges for the issuance of an unjust court decision at present, after the repeal of Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

scholarly journals Coercion to Sexual Acts: Issues of Interpretation and Application

Lex Russica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
K. V. Dyadyun
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Sexual Crimes ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Definition Of

The paper analyzes the features of the regulation of objective and subjective characteristics of the elements of the crime under Art. 133 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, their influence on application of the aforementioned norm. The paper examines the category of "compulsion", the concept of "other sexual actions", their correlation with the definition of "sexual harassment". The paper resorts to legal and etymological approaches to the understanding and content of these terms, gives recommendations for improving the legislative and law enforcement practice in this area. The author analyzes the approach to the interpretation of the content aspects of compulsion—encouragement/compulsion. The issue of the moment of the end of the criminal act under consideration (process/result) is examined. The author determines and substantiates deficiencies in the regulation of methods of coercion to actions of a sexual nature. The concept of "dependence" in the considered area, its relationship with the state of helplessness is investigated. The essential and substantive characteristics of the threat as a method of coercion to sexual actions (criteria and their interpretation) are analyzed. Also, the author examines the issue of qualifying characteristics of the elements of the crime under Art. 133 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and problems of interpretation of the characteristics of the subject matter, motives and purpose of this act. The complexity of the delimitation of the aforementioned criminal act from an insignificant offense, a moral offense, an administrative offense, and related crimes are indicated. The author also analyzes the issue of qualification of the act under Art. 133 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and its impact on its relationship with violent sexual crimes. The paper presents an analysis of the legislation of the CIS countries on the issue under consideration and provides for historical summary about the evolution of the domestic legislative approach in the aforementioned area. The determinants of law enforcement problems are identified and indicated. Conclusions and recommendations are based on the study of judicial practice, researchers’ opinions, the RF Supreme Court standing, the rules applied to qualify criminal acts.

scholarly journals On the harmonization of anti-terrorist legislation norms

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 86-90
Author(s):  
A. V. SAVINSKY ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Search Activity ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Terrorist Activity ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Definition Of

Measures are being taken in Russia to improve anti-terrorist legislation, with special attention paid to increasing the counter-terrorism potential of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. However, the current anti-terrorism regulations are not without drawbacks. Thus, terrorist activity is interpreted differently in Art. 3 of the Federal Law "On Countering Terrorism" and Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which leads to contradictory investigative and judicial practice. The solution is seen in the unification of the definition of terrorist activity and the definition in the wording of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation looks preferable. It is noted that the legal support for the operational penetration of law enforcement agencies into terrorist structures does not meet the requirements, since the norm of Part 4 of Art. 18 of the federal law "On operational-search activity" (contains an operational-search basis for active repentance) remains inoperative due to the lack of its incorporation into the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. The article formulates additions to these codified federal laws, which will legitimize the operational-search basis for active repentance.

scholarly journals Features of Mental Elements of Bribery Facilitation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim Zamaraev
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The article provides a description of relevant features of the mental elements of the crime regulated by Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The paper also examines the general actor of the specific corruption act by applying a criminological approach and analyzing the empirical base for this category of criminal encroachment. The author researches the "physical" and "intellectual" bribery facilitation ways defined in the literature. Detailed attention is paid to optional features of the mental elements of mediation in bribery, such as: "motive" and "purpose" of the crime. The author proposes his definition of the mental elements of mediation in bribery, and provides the list of the social factors that influence the commission of a crime under Articles 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation having studied law enforcement practice and interviewed representatives of the general population of the Russian Federation. The results of this study can be used for further improvement of the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation, in terms of amendments and additions to the qualifying factors of bribery facilitation and the introduction of appropriate explanations in the current resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 24 of 09 July 2013 "On judicial practice in cases of bribery and other corruption-related crimes".

scholarly journals Violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules: issues of criminalization and legislative regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 110-117
Author(s):  
Yu. S. Norvartyan
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Technical Approach ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Severe Punishment ◽  
Administrative Code

The article discusses some problems of criminalization and lawmaking in the field of countering crimes involving violations of sanitary and epidemiological rules. From the point of view of the legal and technical approach, Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation contains a construction of a complex composition, which can be called «delinquent-material». In such a composition there is both a mass disease (poisoning of people) and the threat of a mass disease (poisoning of people) they are considered not as acts, but as a socially dangerous consequence. In other words, this kind of criminal-legal construction includes, firstly, the violation of the rules itself and, secondly, socially dangerous consequences in the form of mass illness or poisoning of people or creating a real threat of the onset of these consequences. At the same time, violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules without the occurrence of socially dangerous consequences or the threat of such consequences entails administrative responsibility under Articles 6.3 — 6.7 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.The author notes that an act that creates a real threat to law enforcement facilities provided for in Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation has a lower degree of public danger compared to such actions (inaction) that inadvertently lead to mass illness or poisoning of people. Equalizing the limits of criminal liability for the commission of the two abovementioned torts is a violation of the principle of justice. In this regard, the author of this article proposes in Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to establish responsibility for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules if such violation created a threat of mass illness or poisoning of people. In turn, criminal liability for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, which inadvertently caused mass illness or poisoning of people, should be established in Part 2 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for a more severe punishment.

Criminal-Legal Characteristics of Encroachment on the Health, Personal Integrity, Honor and Dignity of a Representative of the Authorities

2021 ◽  
pp. 96-103
Author(s):  
N. Yu. Borzunova ◽  
O. S. Matorina ◽  
E. P. Letunova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The authors of the article consider the criminal- legal characteristics of crimes against representatives of the authorities, in particular, encroachment with the purpose of causing harm to the health, personal integrity, honor and dignity of a representative of the authorities. The definition of the term “representative of the authorities”is given. The main characteristics of a representative of the government are analyzed. Statistical data on the number of convictions and types of punishments in accordance with the provisions of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Articles 318, 319) are summarized. Examples of judicial practice are considered. The ways of improving the criminal legislation are proposed.

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