On the Role of Legal Principles in the Criminal Legislation of Present-Day Russia

Shestak, V.A. (2019). On the place and role of a number of principles of law in the criminal legislation of Russia in modern conditions. Criminal legislation of Russia: the main problems of application and areas for improvement: materials of the I-st International Scientific and Practical Conference

5 Pages Posted: 22 Jan 2020

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Viktor Shestak

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Date Written: April 22, 2019

Abstract

The work is focused on a general analysis of criminal law principles in the Russian Federation. These principles are weighed against the Russian Constitution and the Russian Criminal Law. The relevance of the issue lies in the fundamental importance of criminal law principles for understanding the law branch as a whole. Today there are academic disputes about various principles. Constructions of the criminal law principles are pointed out as the principles of the representative of the continental legal system.

Keywords: criminal law, criminal legislation, legal principles, general legal principles, branch and inter-branch principles

JEL Classification: K14

Suggested Citation

Shestak, Viktor, On the Role of Legal Principles in the Criminal Legislation of Present-Day Russia (April 22, 2019). Shestak, V.A. (2019). On the place and role of a number of principles of law in the criminal legislation of Russia in modern conditions. Criminal legislation of Russia: the main problems of application and areas for improvement: materials of the I-st International Scientific and Practical Conference, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3505991

Viktor Shestak (Contact Author)

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) ( email )

Prospekt Vernadskogo, 76
Moscow, 119454
Russia

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