scholarly journals Procedural Algorithm for Ensuring the Right a Minor Suspect or Accused to Defense in Pre-Trial Criminal Procedure

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Zinaida Ivanovna Koryakina
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Rights And Interests ◽  
The Right ◽  
A Minor

In terms of scientific interpretation and law-enforcement practice, Koryakina analyzes criminal procedure legislation that regulates ensuring the right to defense of a suspect or accused who haven't reached their legal age at the time of trial. The main problem here is that the procedure of pre-trial ensurance of the right to defense of a minor suspect or accused do not cover the full range of legal rights and interests as it is set forth by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. Thus, the legal status of a minor is equalized to the status of an individual of legal age. The aim of the research is to discover new theoretical and practical provisions about the process of ensuring the right to defense of a minor suspect or accused at the pre-trial stage of criminal procedure. The research objectives include analysis of doctrinal and regulatory ensuring the right of minors to defense as well as analysis of specific features of such process. In her research Koryakina has also used sociological, formal legal, comparative legal analysis, systems approach and modelling, historical legal and logical legal methods. In her article the author offers new provisions aimed at developing the mechanism of protection of minors' legal rights and interests taking into account not only their age but also their lack of life experience. Thus, the scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author suggests to renew the procedure of ensuring the right of minors to defense. 

scholarly journals Exercising Precautions and Supervising Inspection, Supervising Judgment of Cases of Violating the Order of Economic Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 2564-2582
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
Innocent People ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Investigation Period ◽  
Rights And Interests ◽  
The Right

Crimes of infringing upon economic management order are specified in Section 1, Section 2, Section 3 Chapter 18 of the 2015 Penal Code, including 48 crimes, divided into 3 groups of crimes. According to the provisions of the 2013 Constitution, the 2014 Law on Organization of the People's Procuracy and the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code, the People's Procuracy exercises the right to prosecute and supervise judicial activities to ensure all legal rights and interests. Criminal acts must be detected, investigated, prosecuted and adjudicated in a timely manner, without causing unjust, wrong, or omission of criminals and at the same time not causing injustice to innocent people. The article presents the crimes of infringing upon the economic management order specified in the 2015 Penal Code, the prosecutor's exercise of the right to prosecution and judicial supervision during the investigation period; prosecuting and adjudicating cases of infringing upon economic management order.

PROBLEM ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL NORMS OF PROTECTION OF THE VICTIMS FROM CRIME

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Яна Валерьевна Самиулина
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Effective Mechanism ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Selection Of

В настоящей статье предпринята попытка исследовать отдельные проблемные аспекты института потерпевшего в российском уголовном процессе. В этих целях подвергнуты анализу правовые нормы, регламентирующие его процессуальный статус. Раскрываются отдельные пробелы уголовно-процессуального законодательства в сфере защиты законных прав и интересов потерпевшего. Автор акцентирует внимание на том, что совершенствование уголовно-процессуального законодательства в части расширения правомочий потерпевшего по отстаиванию своих нарушенных преступлением прав следует продолжить. На основании проведенного исследования действующего законодательства в части регламентации прав потерпевшего от преступления предлагается расширить перечень получаемых им копий постановлений, указанных в п. 13 ч. 2 ст. 42 УПК РФ. Автор предлагает включить в перечень указанной законодательной нормы право получения потерпевшим копии постановления об избрании конкретного вида меры пресечения, избранного в отношении подозреваемого (обвиняемого). Для создания действенного механизма защиты интересов потерпевших от преступления юридических лиц предлагаем ч. 9 ст. 42 УПК РФ изложить в следующей редакции: «в случае признания потерпевшим юридического лица его процессуальное право в уголовном процессе осуществляет представляющий его профессиональный адвокат». This article attempts to investigate certain problematic aspects of the institution of the victim in the Russian criminal process. For this purpose, analyzed the individual norms governing his procedural status. Separate gaps of the criminal procedure legislation in the sphere of protection of the legal rights and interests of the victim are disclosed. The author emphasizes that the improvement of the criminal procedure legislation in terms of the extension of the victim’s authority to defend his rights violated by the crime should be continued. On the basis of the study of the current legislation regarding the regulation of the rights of the victim of a crime, it is proposed to expand the list of decisions received by him, referred to in paragraph 13, part 2 of article 42 Code of Criminal Procedure. The author proposes to include in the list of the indicated legislative norm the right to receive the victim a copy of the decision on the selection of a specific type of preventive measure, selected in relation to the suspect (accused). To create an effective mechanism for protecting the interests of legal entities victims of a crime, we offer part 9 of art. 42 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation shall be reworded as follows: «if a legal entity is recognized as a victim, his procedural right in criminal proceedings is exercised by the professional lawyer representing him».

scholarly journals Legal Status of Minor Testator’s Parents Deprived of Parental Authority in Intestate Succession. Some Remarks on the Solutions in Polish, Russian, and Italian Law

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-134
Author(s):  
Hanna Witczak
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Parental Authority ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Italian Law ◽  
Parental Obligations ◽  
Legal Situation ◽  
Polish Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
A Minor

The legal situation of minor testator’s parents in intestate succession poses a significant legal and social problem. In Polish law, parents who have been deprived of parental authority continue to enjoy their civil-law status; in other words, they maintain the right to inherit from their child under statute. Meanwhile, the reasons for which the court applied the strictest possible “sanction” in the form of deprivation of authority of parents who, in exercising their rights under parental authority, seriously violated the child’s interest or grossly neglected parental obligations, which is noticeable even to an ordinary bystander, seem to be sufficient “proof” that family ties, which are decisive for the statutory title to inherit, do not exist. If these ties are severed or seriously disrupted, the consequences should be seen in all areas of life. Simply put, persons who deliberately break apart the family should not enjoy the advantages that the law provides for testator’s closest relatives. In such a case, to consider the effect of deprivation of parental authority by “releasing” its holders from any obligation towards the child may not be considered a sufficient civil sanction, especially given that in the vast majority of cases, the reason for such deprivation is gross neglect of parental duties by one or both parents. The consequences of this type of negligence should also, if not primarily, consist in the deprivation of pecuniary benefits that the parents of a minor could enjoy after his or her death. The current legal solutions governing this area undoubtedly need to be revised. Such imperfect normative solutions adopted in Polish law prove the need to propose de lege ferenda recommendations. In this context, it is worthwhile to have a look at the normative solutions adopted in foreign legal systems and whether they can be grafted on Polish law. The reference to the Russian and Italian legal systems seems particularly recommendable due to the fact that their normative solutions directly allude to the institution of deprivation of parental authority in the context of admissibility of the title to inherit.

scholarly journals The Motive Of Crime In Foreign Law: A Comparative Legal Analysis

2019 ◽  
pp. 145-154
Author(s):  
Yu.V. Leka
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
State Level ◽  
Minor Element ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
European Standards ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Criminal Legislation ◽  
Subjective Side

The article substantiates the need to carry out a comparative legal analysis of Ukrainian and foreign legislation on fixing the motive of the crime and its criminal- legal significance. Comparative analysis of the laws of foreign countries is made taking into account the membership of countries in the legal systems. The research of the legal status of the motive of crime in the legislation of foreign countries was carried out on the basis of consideration of basic acts of criminal legislation approved at the state level by the higher legislative bodies of a state. The analysis of various approaches to determining the motive of the crime based on the works of foreign and domestic scientists. On the basis of consideration of normative legal acts of criminal nature of foreign countries, the main terms, which indicate the motive of the crime are defined. The basic approaches of fixing the motive of crime in the legislation of foreign countries are defined and the ways of improvement of the Ukrainian legislation in this matter are proposed. It has been established that the legislation of some countries clearly traces the role of motive as a circumstance aggravating punishment and as a sign that must be taken into account directly in sentencing. In spite of this, most countries still hold a position of indifference to the motive of the crime, recognizing it as a minor element of the subjective side of the crime. It is established that the position of the Ukrainian legislator on the optionality of the sign of motive among other constituents of the subjective side of the crime and the obligatory sign among the elements of evidence in the criminal process is quite logical and justified. But many aspects related to the motive for the crime must be refined. Ukrainian legislation, including criminal law, become more progressive every year and meets European standards.

scholarly journals ISSUES AND PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SIMPLIFYING THE PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-139
Author(s):  
Andriy Vorobey ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
National Police

The article deals with the problematic issues of pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses, under investigation by the units of the National Police of Ukraine, have not been studied in the scientific literature. The author of the article points out the problems of the legal status of a head of an inquest body, the author's definition of this term is given and proposed changes to the current criminal procedural legislation, which should eliminate legal gaps. Considered the inconsistencies of the current criminal procedural legislation in terms of regulating the order of attachment for seizure of the property during the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses. Analyzed judicial practice on this issue and proposed changes to legislation according to the needs of practice. The drawbacks are noted in establishing the terms of pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses, which are caused by the need to conduct psychiatric and other forensic examinations, it is proposed to provide in the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine for an inquiry period of 2 months from the moment a person is informed of suspicion. The author's specified legal inconsistencies in the issue of regulating the conduct of a search during an inquiry, it is indicated that there is a need to standardize Articles 234–236 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Due to fact that the activities of the inquest bodies of the National Police of Ukraine are noticeably inefficient, it is proposed to introduce a shortened inquiry procedure in order to implement the principle of economy in the criminal process and saving resources used during the pre-trial investigation.The current procedural form of criminal investigation in Ukraine provides for the need to conduct a full range of investigative and procedural actions in a short time, even for obvious criminal offenses, when the suspect unequivocally pleads guilty and compensates for the damage, which has negative consequences. The introduction of an abbreviated procedure for inquiry is possible only for a clearly defined range of criminal offenses, the legislation must approve guarantees to ensure the rights of suspects from law enforcement abuses and the criteria under which an abbreviated form of inquiry is impossible. The study of the possibility of implementing an abbreviated order of inquiry is of practical importance and is an important area for further study.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ELECTION LEGISLATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LEGAL STATUS OF ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Vedyashkin ◽  
◽  
Daria V. Sennikova ◽  
Elman S. Yusubov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Electoral Process ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Municipal Election ◽  
Administrative Responsibility

The article deals with the problems of administrative responsibility for violations of the election legislation; the issue is studied in the context of the legal status of electoral commis-sions. The authors assess the administrative-tort and constitutional-legal provisions, mediating issues and the implementation of administrative responsibility for violations of the election legislation. Attention is drawn to the peculiarities of the legal status of electoral commissions and the functions of their activities. The content of certain issues related to the jurisdiction of election commissions in terms of the implementation of their administrative and tort powers is studied in the article; the analysis of their content is carried out, the problems of practical importance, including an assessment of the legal status of election commissions, are pointed out. When writing the article, the authors used the following methods when writing: system analysis, dialectical, logical, comparative-legal, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction. As a result of the study, the following results were obtained: – the inconsistency of election and administrative legislation and the practice of their enforcement are also expressed in bringing to justice by corpus delicti, which does neither involve the payment of a fairly significant fine, nor significantly affects the maintenance of law and order; – municipal election commissions as well as other election commissions that do not func-tion outside the election campaigns may additionally need material technical and methodological support in fixing administrative offenses; – legal responsibility in the electoral process needs to be transformed according to the principles of the work of election commissions, expressed in the capacious category of “effec-tive care” for the implementation of passive and active suffrage; – the measures of administrative responsibility, first of all, penalties addressed to candi-dates and electoral associations, cannot exceed the amount of funds spent on average for the election campaign at the lowest level, a spontaneous increase in the size of this sanction is not permissible and needs to be revised, taking into account the proposed indicators; – when updating the institution of responsibility in the electoral process, the principle of federalism should also be taken into account. In this regard, it seems possible to delegate to the legislative (representative) bodies of the subject the right to fix in the legislation on administrative offences the constituent elements of crimes used in the course of municipal elections.

TAJEMNICA DZIENNIKARSKA I ZASADY ZWALNIANIA Z NIEJ

2021 ◽  
pp. 198-213
Author(s):  
Lech Jaworski
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Editorial Office ◽  
Personal Rights ◽  
The Press ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Rights And Interests ◽  
The Right

Journalistic secrecy is professional. In the light of Article 15 of the Press Law (Pr.L.) the journalist is obliged to keep secret the identity of his informants and the authors of the press material, the mail to the editorial office or other material of this nature, if they deserve the right to remain anonymmous. This obligation also applies to other persons employed in editorial offices, press publishing houses and other press organizational units. In addition, it covers any information, the disclosure of which could violate the legitimate interests of third parties. This corresponds to the content of Article 12 § 1 (2) Pr.L., according to which a journalist is obliged to protect the personal rights and interests of informants acting in good faith and other people who trust him or her. Breaking journalistic secrecy is a crime prosecuted ex officio. However, in certain situations journalistic secrecy is excluded (Article 16 Pr.L. and Article 180 of the Code of Criminal Procedure).

scholarly journals Оrganizational and legal status of territorial communities in Ukraine

Legal Ukraine ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Legal Entity ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Right ◽  
Local Significance

A local community has been defined by the Constitution of Ukraine as a primary subject of a local government. But in practice the participation of a local community in socio-political life is comed down to the realization of the right to vote of its sitizens. According to this in Ukraine the Constitutional right of a local community to decide quastions of a local significance now is limited and isn’t settled on legislative level and on regulatory level. Should be noted a local community as a primary subject of a local government hasn’t recived а proper legal status in Ukraine. The purpose of the article is the systematization of existing theoretical ways to the defining of a local community as a primary subject of a local government and the determining its legal status in Ukraine. On the basis of the conducted research it is detected that a local community must be considered as a set of persons which live within a certain area, have a certain relationship with each other and a common interests, rights and powers to solve common problems. We’ve found out that an organizational and legal status of local communities is characterized by imperfection and need specifications and refinements. Because of no having a clear organizational and legal status of a legal entity local communities can be the subject of legal rights and powers only indirectly, from representative bodies. The adoption of the law of Ukraine «About local communities» will allow on legislative level to settle the quastion of legal subjection of a local community as a legal entity of public law, its legal, organizational and other guarantees, which to a large extent affect on the capacity of such local community, its real ability to decide quastions of a local significance and protect own rights and legal interests self-sufficient in full. A Clear definition of a legal status of a local community allows to harmonize the system of public administration in districts and to provide a successful development of the state as a whole. Key words: local self-government, territorial community, legal status, administrative-territorial reform.

scholarly journals Draft Law on Criminal Misconduct given the German Experience of Legal Regulation

Lex Russica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Ya. M. Ploshkina ◽  
L. V. Mayorova
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
A Minor

The paper considers the second attempt made by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in terms of introducing the concept of criminal misconduct into the Russian criminal and criminal procedure legislation, examines the goals of its introduction. The authors conclude that the introduction of a criminal offense in the draft law No. 1112019-7 will entail the need to review some approaches in Russian law: the legal nature of the crime, the ratio of a criminal offense with a minor act and an administrative offense, the elements of a crime with administrative prejudice, the principle of justice. It seems possible to achieve procedural effectiveness, reduce the burden on judges and protect the rights of victims without introducing a criminal offense within the existing criminal and criminal procedural mechanisms related to exemption from criminal liability and expansion of non-rehabilitating grounds for termination of a criminal case or criminal prosecution. It seems possible to use the already established categorization of crimes in relation to crimes of small and medium gravity. In terms of expanding the grounds for terminating a criminal case or criminal prosecution, it is appropriate to use the experience of the German legislator, which provides for the possibility of terminating criminal prosecution on grounds of expediency when the accused fulfills various duties and regulations assigned to him. In German criminal procedure law, the termination of criminal prosecution on grounds of expediency when assigning duties or prescriptions to the accused is the right of the relevant officials and bodies, and not their obligation, since in fact it is an alternative to criminal prosecution. This will allow it to be terminated at a certain stage in the case when there are all legal grounds for criminal prosecution.

scholarly journals Tiesiskā regulējuma analīze aizgādības tiesību ierobežošanas jautājumos

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (19) ◽  
pp. 152-165
Author(s):  
Sanita Vanaga
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Equal Protection ◽  
Legal Capacity ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Legal Restriction ◽  
Rights And Interests ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Unequal Protection

Rakstā ir veikta aizgādības tiesību ierobežošanas tiesiskā analīze un aplūkoti problēmjautājumi, kas saistīti ar aizgādības tiesību ierobežošanas sekām. Tā kā likuma izpratnē bērns ir nepilngadīga persona līdz 18 gadu sasniegšanai un viņam trūkst rīcībspējas, bērna aizgādības tiesības īsteno viņa dabiskie aizbildņi – vecāki. Aizgādības tiesību būtība ir ļoti plaša, un to īstenošana vai tiesiska ierobežošana ir aplūkojama no vairākiem aspektiem, kas uzskatāmi norāda uz vairākiem problēmjautājumiem. Publikācijā īpaša uzmanība tiek pievērsta aizgādības tiesību ierobežošanas veidiem un to ietekmei uz bērna tiesību un interešu nodrošināšanu. Veicot tiesiskā regulējuma analīzi, tika konstatēts, ka ir trīs aizgādības tiesību ierobežošanas veidi. Taču šo tiesību ierobežošanas gadījumā bērnu tiesību un interešu nodrošināšana ir nevienlīdzīga un interpretējama atbilstoši noteiktajiem ierobežojumiem un bērna vecāku izpratnei par aizgādības tiesību būtību. Pētījuma mērķis ir identificēt problēmjautājumus un sniegt priekšlikumus tiesiskā regulējuma pilnveidošanai, lai visos aizgādības tiesību ierobežošanas gadījumos bērna tiesību un interešu nodrošināšana būtu vienlīdzīga un bērna vislabākajās interesēs. Raksts veidots divās daļās. Pirmajā daļā aplūkoti aizgādības tiesību ierobežošanas veidi un to tiesiskās ierobežošanas problēmjautājumi, savukārt otrajā daļā analizēta aizgādības tiesību ierobežošanas ietekme uz bērna tiesību un interešu nodrošināšanu. The article addresses the question of the legal analysis of the restriction of custody rights and the issues related to the consequences of the restriction of custody rights. As within the meaning of law, a child is a minor until the age of 18, thus he or she lacks the legal capacity, the child’s custody rights are exercised by his or her natural guardians – parents. The nature of custody rights is very broad, and their exercise or legal restriction can be viewed from several aspects, which clearly raises a number of issues. The publication pays special attention to the ways of restricting custody and their impact on ensuring the rights and interests of a child. The analysis of the legal framework revealed that there are three types of restriction of custody rights, which ensure unequal protection of a child’s rights and interests, as the restrictions is interpreted according to the understanding of custody rights by the child’s parents. The aim of the study is to identify the problematic issues and make proposals for the improvement of the legal framework, in order to reach equal protection of the rights and interests of a child in all cases of restriction of custody rights, which would be in the best interests of a child. The article consists of two parts. The first part discusses the types of restriction of custody rights and the problems of their legal limitation, while the second part analyses the impact of restriction of custody rights on ensuring the rights and interests of a child.

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