Author

SUMACHEV A.V.

Title of article

ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW

Section

Section 1. Methodology of law enforcement activities

Issue, year

4(42) 2017

Abstract

The principles of criminal law are defined as normatively given basic (starting) principles (ideas) that define the system of criminal law and are addressed to the subjects of protective (general regulative) and specifically regulative (regulatory) criminal law relations. It is stated that the principles of law (including criminal law), although having a sufficient degree of stability (immutability), however, can vary depending on a particular historical period of the development of the state. The issue
of classifying the principles of law is considered. The content of the principles of criminal law, fixed in the current criminal law,is analyzed. The “atypical” principles of criminal law, such as the principle of presumption of guilt, the principle of objective imputation and the principle of dispositivityare identified and examined. It is concluded that the detailed development of the system of “atypical” principles of criminal law requires separate research.

Keywords

principles of criminal law; legality; equality of citizens before the law; principle of guilt; justice; humanism; presumption of guilt; objective imputation; dispositivity.