scholarly journals TERMINOLOGY OF CRIMINAL LAW

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
Mykola Komissarov ◽  
◽  
Natalia Komissarova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The Body ◽  
Legal Norm ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Relevant Article ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies

In this article questions about the expediency of using semantically accurate and clear terms in norm-setting that as correctly as possible denote acts, things, or persons because of the illegal actions or corpus delicti which are described in the relevant article of the Ukrainian Criminal Code are considered. On the example of several articles of current Ukrainian Criminal Code approaches of improving regulatory acts by using successful legal and common terms are being proposed. Criteria that could be a foundation when creating and improving legislation in general and criminal in particular being considered. Being proposed particular, more accurate, terms for replacement of the current, but not appropriate terms. Emphasis is placed on that each legal act should be write down very clear for ordinary people to increase the efficiency of positive criminal liability institution. Being determined main types of misuse of terms, which includes the use of terms without considering their content load by lawmakers; lawmakers' use of terms taking into account pre-determined actions that are not reflected in the body of the law but are marked by an unfortunate term, or use specific terms where their use is inappropriate. Taking everything above into account and considering the prevalence of legal terminology outside the professional community, questions related to the accuracy, intelligibility, simplicity, clarity of legal language are emphasized, in particular terminology of criminal law. Works of the most popular scientists whether in the field of legal terms or in the field of criminal law are analyzed. It is argued that the clarity of the legal norm, criminal law, in particular, will avoid arbitrariness and abuse by law enforcement agencies and more effectively implement the concept of positive criminal liability in society.

scholarly journals The prevalence of petty bribery as a principle of establishing a criminal prohibition for its commission

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Mihail Alaf'ev
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Main Method ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Relative Prevalence ◽  
Legislative Decision

Numerous changes in the criminal law associated with the emergence of new norms providing for responsibility for criminal liability inevitably raise the question of the validity of criminalization. Its positive solution is possible only if the new criminal law prohibition is established in accordance with the principles of criminalization, one of which is the relative prevalence of the act. The article is devoted to the assessment of the prevalence of petty bribery in order to determine the correctness of the legislative decision to establish independent criminal liability for this crime (Article 2912 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The main method of research is a statistical method that allows us to establish the prevalence of bribery in the amount not exceeding 10 thousand rubles at the time of the adoption of this legislative decision, and also during the period of validity of article 2912 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the share of the analyzed crime in the structure of bribery and corruption offences. In addition, the author analyzed 120 sentences of courts for petty bribery. As a result of the research, the author concludes that petty bribery is a fairly common offence in the structure of both bribery and corruption crimes, which indicates its public danger and the validity for the criminal prohibition of its commission. It was established that the establishment of a separate norm on liability for petty bribery allowed law enforcement agencies focusing the efforts to counteract bribery in the amount of more than 10 thousand rubles.

scholarly journals CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF FALSE INFORMATION DURING THE PANDEMIC: QUESTIONS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-89
Author(s):  
A.A. Shutova ◽  
M.A. Efremova ◽  
A.A. Nikiforova
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
False Information ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Inaccurate Information ◽  
Forensic Practice ◽  
Administrative Code

This publication provides an overview of the current domestic legislation providing for responsibility for the dissemination of false information in the conditions of the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) (Articles 2071 and 2072 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code), problems arising in the process of applying these norms. The authors pay close attention to the existence of technical and legal errors in criminal law norms, as well as to the existence of sectoral competition between administrative and criminal laws in forensic practice. The present article attempts to study the elements of the corpus delicti that cause the most difficulties among law enforcement agencies and specialists in the field of criminal law doctrine. In addition, attention is paid to foreign experience in countering such criminal acts. The scientific study also reviews the available explanations of the highest court published during the epidemic, including those affecting the legal assessment of crimes under Art. 2071 and 2072 of the Criminal Code. Based on the research carried out, including the study of law enforcement materials, measures are proposed to improve the existing legislation in the field of combating the dissemination of inaccurate information about coronavirus and its practice.

scholarly journals Criminal liability for illegal banking activities in the context of countering criminal money cashing

2020 ◽  
pp. 140-144
Author(s):  
Dmitry Ovchinnikov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
The Russian Federation

Currently, the economic sector of public relations is characterized by exceptional criminality. One of the main phenomena responsible for this is illegal money cashing. Almost every business entity considers it acceptable and even necessary to resort to various criminal schemes for obtaining unaccounted cash and tax evasion. The very type of this crime has actually become a thriving and profitable business, which consists in providing services for withdrawing funds from legal circulation. While the existing judicial and investigative practice in the issue of countering this phenomenon has not yet developed a clear answer about the need for appropriate qualifications. There are about a dozen articles of the criminal law in which law enforcement officers try to find the correct legal assessment, and at present, article 172 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation “Illegal banking activities” deserves special attention.

scholarly journals Protection of public relations in the field of amber mining in Ukraine: legal aspect

2021 ◽  
pp. 124-128
Author(s):  
Y.A Kholod ◽  
I.M Pogrebnoy ◽  
K.O Chyshko ◽  
D.S Heta ◽  
O.P Shaituro
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Structural Method ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Protection Legislation ◽  
Legal Concepts

Purpose. Defining legal means of protection of public relations in the field of amber mining in Ukraine, providing scientific and practical interpretation of protection legislation in this area and scientifically sound recommendations for its improvement. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study is a system of general and special methods of cognition: the dialectical method was used to learn the essence of such a phenomenon as the protection of public relations in the field of amber mining in Ukraine; the system-structural method in the analysis of forms of socially dangerous acts of crimes under Art. Art. 240, 240-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; the logical-dogmatic method when interpreting certain terms used in the sciences of geology, administrative and criminal law, contained in the provisions of current legislation, as well as in formulating definitions of legal concepts and developing recommendations for improving legal norms; the comparative law method in the study on the ratio of socially dangerous acts under Art. Art. 201-1, 240, 240-1, 305 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; general methods (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, abstraction, generalization) in the study on scientific and regulatory sources. Findings. As a result of the study, the inconsistency of certain norms of criminal, administrative and customs legislation was established, which form the components of offenses in the field of illegal amber mining in Ukraine and establish the types and extent of responsibility for their commission, in particular: competition of certain norms, their inefficiency, disproportionate severity violation of the degree of their social danger. The scientific and practical interpretation is given of the forms of socially dangerous act provided by Art. 240-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, a comparative analysis is conducted of criminal, administrative and customs offenses in this area and proposals are provided to improve criminal, administrative and customs legislation, the rules of which protect public relations in the field of amber mining in Ukraine. Originality. It is proposed: 1) to supplement the Criminal Code of Ukraine, Art. 240-2, which provides for criminal liability for amber smuggling; 2) to supplement Chapter 68 of the Customs Code of Ukraine with Article 483-1, which provides for administrative liability for smuggling of amber in small amounts; 3) to supplement the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses with Article 58-2, which provides for administrative liability for illegal extraction of amber, its sale, purchase, storage, transfer, shipment, transportation, processing in small amounts. Practical value. Proposals to improve the current criminal, administrative and customs legislation are aimed at improving the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies against illegal amber mining in Ukraine.

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.

Legal Analysis of Attempt on the Life of Internal Affairs Officer as the Body of Criminal Offence

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 870
Author(s):  
Chingiz A. ISSABAYEV ◽  
Aidos A. YESKENDIROV ◽  
Zhanna B. SHAYAKHMETOVA ◽  
Bakhytbek A. BEGALIYEV ◽  
Zhanargul A. KHAMMETOVA
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
The Government

Disorganized crime impact on the society is provided by criminal pressure on law enforcement officials – from engagement in criminal networks, bribery, blackmail to their liquidation. Social danger of the offences studied is that it threatens the life of internal affairs officer to prevent him from professional duties for the law enforcement, intentionally destabilizes normal operation of public authorities, and undermines their authority in the public’s mind. The purpose of the article was to analyze the types and motives of attempts on an employee of internal affairs bodies from a legal point of view. To achieve the purpose, the opinions of other researchers who studied this problem were examined, as well as legal documents regulating crimes committed against employees of internal affairs bodies. It was noted inconsistencies in the evaluation of sanction measures against perpetrators responsible for offences provided for by p. 2, part 2, article 99 and part 1, article 380-1 of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan. It was concluded that the strengthening of criminal liability will significantly affect the status of crime situation, enhance the government authority and strengthen overall prevention in the country.  

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.

scholarly journals Responsibility for violations of quarantine and sanitary rules and standards for preventing the spread of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) by law

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kovalova Svitlana ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Current State ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

The article analyzes the current state of legal support of quarantine requirements and sanitary rules and regulations for the prevention of infectious diseases in foreign countries and Ukraine. To achieve this goal, an analysis of the current legislation of some foreign countries and Ukraine on the grounds for establishing liability for violation of quarantine and sanitary norms and rules. It has been established that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the governments of different states to introduce administrative and criminal liability in case of violation of quarantine and sanitary norms and rules. To ensure these measures, penalties for non-compliance with the quarantine regime have been introduced, with penalties ranging from warning to imprisonment and even the death penalty. It is established that in Ukraine the issues of administrative and criminal liability for violation of quarantine and sanitary rules and regulations for the prevention of infectious diseases are regulated by Articles 42, 44-3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and Article 325 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. It is determined that one of the problems of ineffective application of Articles 44-3, 42 3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and Article 325 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is an array of new rules for the prevention of COVID-19, which is constantly changing and introduced by various law enforcement agencies. The study found that despite the adoption of regulations that established liability for violations of statutory rules and regulations introduced by both foreign countries and Ukraine to prevent COVID-19, they have a number of legal conflicts, inconsistencies and gaps. Keywords: quarantine, administrative responsibility, criminal responsibility, infectious diseases, coronavirus, prevention

scholarly journals Failure to report a crime (Art. 205.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation): Problems of Interpretation and Law Enforcement

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-201
Author(s):  
Ludmila Tarasova
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Reliable Information ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Source Of Information

The relevance of the problems of interpretation and enforcement of prosecution for failure to report the person (s) preparing, committing and committing the crimes provided for in the disposition of the norm and not prosecuting for failure to report the acts provided for by Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, provided there is no information about the person (persons) who committed it, contributes to the effectiveness of countering terrorism. Evaluating the generally positive norm of the Criminal Law provided for in Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, it is proposed to change the name to “Failure to report a terrorist crime”, which will eliminate discrepancies with the disposition of the norm; information about a committed or committed crime, listed in the disposition of this provision, fixing in the disposition of criminal liability for failure to report grave and especially grave crimes. It is recommended in the comments to the article to clarify the concepts:“reliable information”, “the source of information” and “the method of obtaining such information”.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF THE UKRAINIAN LEGAL DOCTRINE CONCERNING QUALIFICATION OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENSES COMMITTED BY THE ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS IN CONTEXT OF AMENDING CHANGES TO LEGISLATION ON CRIMINAL LAW

2021 ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
D. Ptaschenko
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Criminal Groups

The Article 1 of the Constitution of Ukraine regulates: Ukraine is a sovereign and independent, democratic, social, legal state. One of the destabilizing factors in building the rule of law is the commission of criminal offenses by organized criminal groups. Due to the changes in the criminal legislation during the last two years, the criminal law norms have undergone significant changes, which directly or indirectly affect the qualification of criminal offenses committed by organized criminal groups. Given the changes in criminal law, the qualification of criminal offenses committed by organized criminal groups requires uniform systemic approaches, primarily at the level of judicial law enforcement practice. The formation of the Ukrainian legal doctrine on the qualification of criminal offenses committed by organized criminal groups is one of the significant auxiliary guidelines in the formation of such law enforcement practice. To achieve this goal and the defined objectives, the following methods were applied in the study: logical and normative – for the analysis of criminal law on the qualification of criminal offenses committed by organized criminal groups; system analysis – when considering judicial law enforcement practice (first of all, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Ukraine) of the qualification of criminal offenses committed by organized criminal groups. The legislation strengthens criminal liability for criminal offenses by organized criminal groups, in particular, as evidenced by the amendments to the Criminal Code under the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Liability for Crimes Committed by the Criminal Community" dated by the 4th of June 2020. Before the formation of new approaches to the doctrine of criminal law and law enforcement judicial practice on the qualification of criminal offenses (crimes), a specific part of which is provided by h.ch. 1-5 art. 255 of the Criminal Code, the indirect reference is the provision of the resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Ukraine of December 23, 2005 №12 "On the practice of consideration by courts of criminal cases on crimes committed by stable criminal groups." Keywords: criminal offenses, criminal community, criminal organization, organized group, creation of a criminal community, leadership of a criminal community, organized criminal groups.

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