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Theoretical and Historical Legal Sciences

From the Concept of the Draft Police Charter of the Russian Empire to Its Structure and Content: Views of Members of the Commission of Senator A.A. Makarov (1906-1917). Part 10. Police Support Measures the Procedure for Opening and Maintaining Drinking Places of Tavern Industry

Shurukhnov N.G.

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The article considers historical documents of the procedure for opening tavern facilities, the peculiarities of changing to their individual types (furnished rooms, drinking establishments), the specifics of their functioning, the responsibilities of the owners and managers of these places, the relationship with officials persons competent to make decisions on the opening and operation of this type of business. Significant attention paid to the duties of the police to control arrivals for temporary accommodation in hotels, furnished rooms, apartments, inns and departing from them. The content of such control by the police is disclosed through the examination of entries in a special book established for this purpose by authorized officials of the bernias (regions), cities, settlements. As well as direct visits by police officers to tavern fishing, direct perception of the messages of the owners of houses or managers of the fishing. Views are displayed criminal sanctions for failure to comply with procedural issues related to the activities of this type of fishing. Situations of police decision-making are given, including the temporary closure of some designated denii. Attention was drawn to the specifics of the legal activities of the police related to the implementation of the provisions of various regulatory acts belonging to various branches of law and administrative activity. The nature of the measures taken by the police to suppress prohibited entertainment in establishments is presented tavern industry.

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Challenges to the Implementation of the Rule of Law in the Russian Federation

Lyubushkin V.A.

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The purpose of the research. The article is devoted to the study of the concept, essence of legality at the current stage of development of law, as well as guarantees to ensure legality in the Russian Federation. Doctrinal approaches to the definition of law are presented. Approaches to possible ways of resolving problems of law are being studied. The purpose of the study is to study the problems of legal implementation in the Russian Federation. The article uses dialectical, historical, formal-legal, logical, comparative-legal and other methods of cognition. Results. The concept of legality in the Russian legal system and its constant analysis has a positive effect on increasing transparency and accountability. The relevance of the issue of studying the rule of law in the Russian legal system is extremely important for maintaining human rights and protecting the rights of citizens. Equality of law is the most important aspect of the rule of law in modern Russia. The most significant problems of legality are corruption, access to justice, legal complexity, a rebooted legal system, inconsistent application of the law, lack of transparency, and human rights violations. The solution to the problems of legality in the modern legal system of the Russian Federation is seen in anti-corruption measures, access to justice, simplification of legal norms, modernization of the legal system, increasing the level of training and education of professional lawyers, and strengthening the protection of human rights. Aspects of ensuring the rule of law include: the method of checks and countermeasures, the independence of the judiciary, ensuring the protection of individual rights, the Constitution of the Russian Federation as the most important legal document governing the rule of law in the state, civil society as the most important tool for maintaining the legitimacy of the modern legal system in the Russian Federation.

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Public Law (State Law) Sciences

Cancellation Fee: Conditions of Reduction, Legal Ways of Settlement

Levushkin A.N., Kim V.O.

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This scientific article is devoted to the legal structure established by clause 3 of Article 310 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, namely, the fee for renunciation of the contract. This design is a contractual condition that is established by entrepreneurs in order to ensure the stability of legal relations. Public interference in such contractual relations is excluded, however, only until the moment when mandatory norms of the law begin to be violated. In this case, the most pressing issue for the law is the limits of such interference, in particular, judicial. There is no legislative provision for the possibility of reducing the established fee for withdrawal from the contract. At the same time, to date, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has established conditions under which a reduction in the amount of payment stipulated by the contract can be made, which in practice creates a wide scope of judicial discretion. The author of the article, referring to the opinions of honored domestic lawyers, as well as to key acts of judicial practice, presents his position on the content and specifics of the implementation of conditions that allow reducing the amount of fees for renunciation of the contract.

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Theoretical and Legal Problems of Consideration of the Appeal in the Form of a Complaint

Pavlov N.V., Ostanina A.M.

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The purpose of the research. In the scientific work, the author considers the main issues of the complaint procedure as a mechanism for monitoring the legality of the activities of state authorities and local self-government. It is concluded that the complaint is the main way to restore and protect the violated rights and legitimate interests of a person. Based on the analysis of the norms of current Russian legislation and special legal literature, the authors identify the signs and stages of consideration of this type of appeal by citizens of the Russian Federation as a complaint. It is noted that the right of a citizen to file an appeal creates the opportunity to participate in the management of state affairs, as well as express personal opinions on issues of various nature. The article also highlights the current problems that arise in the complaint review process. Possible ways to eliminate the existing gaps are proposed. Results. As a result of the conducted research, the authors came to the conclusion that today there is a need to reform the legislation regulating the procedure for reviewing complaints by making changes to the requirements for the content of the response based on the results of consideration by the authorized body. Solving the existing problems of the institution of appeal of citizens of the Russian Federation will serve to exclude the formation of distrust of the country's population towards the authorities, the proper functioning and achievement of the purpose of the complaint, which in turn is a mechanism for monitoring the legality of the activities of state authorities and local self-government.

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On the Issue of the Main Features of the Phenomena of «Forced Migration» and «Forced Migrant»

Petrovskaya M.I.

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The article examines the problem of differentiating the phenomena of "forced migration" and "forced migrant" from other related concepts that exist in Russian political and legal practice, including the concepts of a forced migrant and a compatriot abroad.

The need to study this problem is due to the growing relevance of forced migration issues in connection with the tense geopolitical situation throughout the world, the growing number of refugees and other categories of forced migration and the need to ensure high-quality legal regulation of forced migration issues.

The purpose of this article is to study the phenomena of forced migration and a forced migrant, to identify key features that allow separating these concepts from other related legal concepts.

In the article, within the framework of the conclusions, the key features of forced migration are identified and considered, qualitatively distinguishing this phenomenon from other related concepts and phenomena and allowing it to be singled out as an independent political and legal category. The most significant signs of forced migration include such signs as forced movement, caused by the main goal - to prevent harm to life and health, as well as imprisonment for their beliefs, as well as the absence of socio-cultural ties with Russian society and the state, which predetermines the objective need of forced migrants for measures for social adaptation and integration in the territory of the state of arrival.

Taken together, these signs allow us to distinguish the concept of forced migration and a forced migrant from other related legal phenomena.

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Legal and Practical Problems of Definition of Goods in Public Law Regulation of Foreign Trade

Khalipov S.V.

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Objectives of the study. The material of the article considers the legal concept of goods in public law regulation of foreign trade. The substantive characteristics of the term in question undergo a critical analysis. International, regional and national legal foundations of foreign trade turnover are analyzed. Different types of official wording of goods in the law of the Eurasian Economic Union and in the Russian legislation are investigated. Research into causes hindering a common interpretation of goods is conducted. The practical consequences of law enforcement and judicial discrepancies, examples of specific conflict situations arising from customs legal relations are demonstrated. Major and minor criteria are established for the general definition of goods both imported into and exported out of the country in the context of Russia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. Conclusions. As the objectives of the study are achieved, the author's position of a legal interpretation of goods is formed. It is proposed to include materiality and customs classification in accordance with the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activities of the Eurasian Economic Union as the main defining criteria of goods. The derived features will serve as the possibility of transfer of goods across the border (the customs border of the Union and/or the state border of Russia) by any means of transportation, including the accompanied baggage of individuals crossing the border. The derived features clarify wording such as “arrival of goods on the customs territory of the Union by any means”, thus excluding the transmission of information via the Internet.

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Atmospheric Air as an Object of Legal Protection

Plachinda M.D.

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The purpose of the research. This article studies the classification of atmospheric air as an object of legal protection. The main criteria for identifying objects of legal protection in legal science as a whole are studied, and the requirements imposed on certain institutions for the purpose of defining them as objects of legal protection are analyzed. The author also studies the main regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation in this area and substantiates his/her reasoning using actual examples. Conclusions. As a result of the study, the author concludes, that atmospheric air is an independent object of legal protection, qualified by special features that allow for the allocation of independent legal regulation for its protection. The author highlights the most significant principles of protecting atmospheric air as an object of legal protection. Based on the studied data, the author was able to identify the key problems that legal regulation of atmospheric air currently faces, as well as propose ways to solve them based on an integrated approach. The author concludes that atmospheric air is a complex and irreplaceable element, the competent legal regulation of the protection of which in the context of global environmental challenges faced by modern humanity plays one of the most significant roles.

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Private Law (Civil) Sciences

Property Rights as Subjective Civil Rights

Ryabzin R.A.

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The article is devoted to the analysis of the legal category of property rights, considered as subjective civil rights. The author focuses on the study of the general category of subjective civil rights. It is noted that the prevailing point of view in the doctrine is the understanding of subjective civil rights as a measure of possible (permissible) behavior of an authorized person. However, this is not the only position of scientists. In particular, many scientists reveal the legal nature of the concept under consideration through the possibility of demanding certain behavior from an obligated person, the possibility of using a mechanism of state coercion in case of non-fulfillment by an obligated person and the possibility of an authorized person using a certain social good on the basis of subjective civil law belonging to him.

The article highlights the doctrinal discussions about the possibility of the existence of subjective law "outside the legal relationship", as well as the criteria for distinguishing absolute and relative legal relations.

As a result of the conducted research, the author formulated the following theoretical definition of property subjective rights, which are proposed to be understood as a means of satisfying the property need (interest) of an authorized person, by its legal nature expressed in the possibility of a person's behavior secured and protected by the norms of objective law in relation to the object of subjective civil law (in absolute legal relations) or in relation to a third person (in legal relations of obligations).

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Determination of Alimony in a Fixed Indexed Amount of Money

Ivanovskaya N.V., Stelmakh A.V.

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The purpose of the study. In the conducted study, the authors consider the problem of determining the amount of alimony in a fixed indexed sum. The current family legislation is being investigated, particularly Articles 83 and 117 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation, judicial practice, as well as statistics conducted by information resources of banks. The purpose of this study is to identify a socio-legal problem, as well as to form proposals for its solution. To conduct this research, the authors use analysis, induction, and formal legal methods. Conclusion. Based on the results of the study, the authors conclude that in the current legislation in the field of family law, there is a need to change the norm for determining the amount of alimony in a fixed indexed sum. This problem is expressed in the discrepancy between the amount determined by law and the existing needs of minor children. Based on foreign judicial practice, examples of criteria by which it is possible to determine the amount of alimony are given. The authors conclude that the proposed changes in family legislation will not only protect the rights of minor children, but also provide an opportunity to satisfy the basic social needs and well-being of children.

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Social Partnership in Education as a Subject of Legal Relationship

Vassilchenko N.V.

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The article raises the issue of the deficit of legal foundation of social partnership in education, in particular agreement on the partnership. The review of recent pedagogical and sociological researches on public private partnership in education suggests that despite regular incentive efforts of the federal government, the examples of such partnership are random, popular with enterprises with state participation, and thus ineffective nationwide. The objective of the article is a research of existing law for the agreement on partnership between educational establishment and economic entity, legally reliable as well as economically and socially attractive for both parties. From this point of view, Labour Code and Federal Laws of the Russian Federation, along with recent scientific research in Civil Law have been studied. It is stated that the definition of social partnership as well as public private partnership are unable to encompass the wholeness of interaction, which is understood as social partnership in education. Scientific research confirms that the definition of public private partnership, its object, the legal status of the latter ought to be diversified. The potential of non-profit partnership that will permit shifting the function of the state from execution of its social obligations to its control is revealed. In conclusion, the definition of social non-profit partnership in education is suggested, yet it needs to be appraised as well as studied further. This in turn should attract professional attention to the issue.

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On the Issue of the Application of Mandatory Methods of Protecting the Right of Ownership of Real Estate in Civil Circulation

Gorbunova E.S., Korotkova M.V.

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The purpose of the research. The article deals with the problems of applying mandatory methods of protecting the ownership of real estate in the conditions of the existence of the principle of their priority. The essence, purpose and result of the application of compulsory claims in the protection of real estate rights are analyzed, doctrinal approaches to the definition of lawsuits of obligations, their correlation (competition) with property lawsuits are also considered. The purpose of the study is to establish and identify the features of mandatory claims, as well as the possibility of their application in certain cases, for example, in the case of the return of property to the lessor upon termination of the lease agreement. It is necessary to solve the problem of subordination of property and mandatory requirements, since there is a "deformation" of traditional property remedies in the Russian legal system. Results. As a result of the conducted research, the author comes to the conclusion, that despite the consolidation of the principle of the priority of the law of obligations, judicial practice requires the development of clear criteria that make it possible to distinguish between proprietary and binding methods of protecting property rights. In this regard, the author proposes to provide such criteria concerning the method of violation or challenge of the right, the nature of the violated right, the observance of the right to claim, the properties of the subject of the dispute. The author concludes that it is necessary to introduce the institution of ownership protection into Russian legislation, aimed at restoring the violated situation and not requiring a complex process of proving ownership of real estate.

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Value Properties of Information

Malysheva N.A.

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The purpose of the study. The article deals with the problems of civil circulation of information in connection with a noticeable increase in its volume. The author does not dispute the possibility of recognizing information as an object of civil rights and turns to the consideration of practical situations that to some extent undermine the authority of the dispositive method of civil law regulation. Due to the frequent cases of turnover of information that has no actual value, the author analyzes the system-forming features of information, considers the relationship between the concepts of "information" and "knowledge". The purpose of the study is to develop criteria that allow recognizing information as economically valuable and substantiating the possibility of information participation in civil circulation. Conclusions. As a result of the conducted research, the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to supplement contractual structures devoted to the circulation of information with system-forming criteria, the observance of which should be formalized by imperative prescriptions. Such criteria, according to the author, should be objective usefulness and practical applicability. The article substantiates the expediency of fixing such criteria from the point of view of effective protection of subjective civil rights and ensuring the stability of civil turnover. The author's conviction is justified not only by the increased volume of information resources, but also by the general principles of civil legislation.

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Criminal Law Sciences

Improving Legal Education in the Age of Digitalization

Serebrennikova A.V.

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Problems. The presented article examines the problem of integrating digitalization into legal activity, which has actualized questions about the ethical and moral aspects of training specialists in the field of law on the basis of new value-semantic aspects of legal education, which sharply increased the requirements for lawyers of the new formation. It is stated that the success of a modern lawyer is due not only to the presence of certain elements of information culture in his arsenal, but also to the practical mastery of digital competencies at a sufficiently high level, which creates the need to reform the legal education system as a whole. Research methods. The author used methods of system analysis, synthesis and modeling. The results of the study. The author concludes that the digitalization of legal education can be considered as a positive phenomenon requiring the search for new approaches to its improvement, and the process of digital transformation of the legal education paradigm is inevitable and expedient. This conclusion is confirmed by the results of studies that have shown that with the use of new tools, algorithms for the movement of mental processes (their intensity, duration, sequence) change in humans. The substitution of some functions by others leads to a restructuring of the entire structure of behavior.

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Actual Biomedicine’s Resources of and Criminal Risks

Kruchinina N.V.

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This article presents various scientific standpoints on the definition of biomedicine. The issues related to the application of biotechnology in medicine are highlighted. It is concluded that biomedical achievements allow to identify mechanisms of diseases, to produce new medical products and drugs, thus widening possibilities to more effectively make diagnosis and treatment. The paper defines the main areas of biomedicine: transplantation of human organs, vaccination, and assisted reproductive technologies. Due to the shortages of human organs and tissues fit for transplantation, modern additive technologies (3D bioprinting) seem the most promising for introducing into medical practice. The paper confirms that especially biomedicine helps to reduce patients’ mortality, as well as to increase their life expectancy and the birth rate in order to address the demographic problems. Ethical and legal problems linked to the use of the achievements of biomedicine are identified. Still there are some medical technologies which are in conflict with centuries-old cultural and religious values. When researching, including the procedures of medical experiments, scientists have to resolve ethical issues. Criminal risks associated with the use of biomedicine are identified. Criminally dangerous and most vulnerable in this respect might be human organ transplantation, pharmaceuticals, biomedical research on human beings, and assisted reproductive technologies. The article stresses that the improvement of legislation in the field of biomedicine should keep on going.

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Improving Legislation in the Field of Ensuring State and National Security in the Digital Age

Ziyadova D.Z., Dieva M.G.

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The scientific report concerns some areas of improvement of criminal legislation in the field of ensuring state and public security in the digital world. In recent years, there has been an increase in foreign attempts to change Russia's foreign policy through interference from abroad in the affairs of the state, including through the extensive use of digital technology. Such interventions are directed against State and public security. In modern conditions, the activities of the Russian Federation are aimed at strengthening state power, preventing and repelling attempts to interfere in internal affairs. In this format, the effectiveness and efficiency of legislation, especially criminal law norms, is important. Criminal law should serve to create a new national security system within the framework of the strategic interests of the Russian state. In recent years, in order to improve the system of stability, security and integrity of the state, the legislator has supplemented Chapter 29 of the Criminal Code with new norms. Some definitions have sparked discussions in the theory of criminal law. The authors note their point of view and suggest some ways to eliminate gaps.

The choice of the research topic is also determined by the criminological features of financing terrorist and extremist crime in the digital age. The financing of terrorist activities has taken on a more veiled form in a digital society. In order to establish a criminological picture of criminal financing and other criminal encroachments on state and national interests, sociological methods have been widely used.

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On the Educational Aspects of Teaching Criminal Law

Borovikov V.B., Borovikova V.V.

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The article discusses the educational aspects of teaching criminal law. The shortcomings in this type of pedagogical activity in modern conditions are analyzed, and measures for its improvement are proposed.

Purpose of publication. Formulating measures aimed at improving and enhancing educational work in the process of teaching criminal law.

Conclusions obtained in the course of the study. The conclusions obtained during the study. In modern conditions, educational work in legal educational organizations does not take into account a number of circumstances of a political, social, and ideological nature, which reduces its effectiveness. To remedy the current situation, a number of measures are required that require strengthening aspects of criminal law policy in the process of teaching criminal law, the social conditionality of newly adopted criminal law norms, increasing game elements, as well as measures related to improving the general and legal culture of students.

The scientific significance of the publication. The scientific significance of the publication lies in the fact that the authors tried, based on the experience of a number of higher educational institutions in the country, to show new forms of education, in particular, related to the more active use of such original methods as conducting classes based on poetic incidents, as well as plots from literary works; formulating ideas aimed at developing appropriate scientific and methodological literature which allows students to arouse interest in studying the course of criminal law, as well as to improve their general and legal culture.

The practical significance of the publication lies in the fact that it can help teachers of the criminal law course in finding new private methods aimed at improving the effectiveness of the learning and upbringing process of persons studying this academic discipline.

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Problems of Application of Modern Information Technologies in Russian Judicial Proceedings

Eremenko V.M., Pershina E.A., Lyakhova A.I., Vinivitin A.M.

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The article is devoted to the problem of introducing elements of electronic justice in order to ensure a rational workload for judges of courts of first instance and improve the quality of judicial acts. After the digitalization of court records management, the introduction of electronic schedules of court hearings, electronic document management and the receipt of documents in electronic form, the goal of further implementation of electronic legal proceedings has emerged and the need for a transition to electronic justice in the literal sense has increased. It is proposed to begin the implementation of this goal with the transition to electronic court hearing minutes and the refusal to duplicate them on paper. In civil cases, the task is to automate legal proceedings, transfer legal proceedings from written documents to electronic machine-readable documents. In criminal cases, it seems appropriate for a gradual transition to electronic technologies as a first step to recognize the electronic protocol of the court hearing as the main one with the issuance of electronic copies to the parties for review and submission of comments, and copies and extracts on paper media to be issued only to persons upon their request.

A conclusion was made about the need to introduce automated machine-readable production of procedural acts, decisions and sentences through the digitalization of justice at a new level with elements of artificial intelligence, using the high formalization of law and computer programming methods.

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Types of Anti-Corruption Measures at the Present Stage

Mazurenko A.P., Pozharitskaya A.M.

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The fight against corruption is due to the extremely high degree of its public danger. As a result of the commission of corruption offenses and crimes, the activities of public authorities corresponding to certain normative acts are significantly violated; the authority and other interests of the state are undermined; significant material damage is caused; the rights and legitimate interests of citizens or organizations are infringed, and in general the interests of the whole society and the country. The main purpose of the study is to adopt a number of regulatory legal acts aimed at combating corruption. The above provisions determine the relevance of studying the implementation of anti-corruption mechanisms in the system of the state civil service of the Russian Federation and developing proposals for improving anti-corruption legislation.

Gaps in Russian Legislation. 2024;17(7):124-129
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The Small Significance of the Act: Criteria for Establishing, Features of Law Enforcement

Kovlagina D.A.

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The purpose of the stated study is to determine what is the measure of the public danger of an act when deciding on the application of the provision provided for in Part 2 of Article 14 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The article analyzes judicial acts in criminal cases and court rulings in cases of administrative offenses, evaluates the criteria chosen by the law enforcement officer for a low degree of public danger of the committed act in specific cases of application of Part 2 of Article 14 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The main mistakes that are made by the court when deciding whether to recognize an act (or an administrative offense) as insignificant are noted. The study used systemic and structural approaches; formal-legal, sociological, formal-logical. As a conclusion, it is noted that the court, applying the provision provided for in Part 2 of Article 14 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, takes into account the totality of circumstances of the actually committed act, indicating that no significant harm was caused to the object of criminal law protection or that there was no threat of harm to the object of criminal law protection, i.e. a low degree of its public danger.

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Criminalistic Characteristics of Cold Steel: Modern Approaches; Innovations in Classification; Problems of Standardization of the Relevant Regulatory Framework

Lozinsky O.I.

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The purpose of the study. The article analyzes modern approaches to the criminalistic characterization of cold steel, innovations in this field related to scientific and technological progress, rethinking existing classifications and attempts to standardize the current specialized regulatory framework. Conclusions. The forensic study of edged weapons remains a widely sought-after, dynamically developing field of scientific knowledge, forensic research and practice. The scientific and practical development of the field of forensic research of cold steel significantly expands the possibilities of preliminary investigation and operational investigative activities in solving specialized tasks. Further development of this field of forensic research is associated with: standardization of the relevant regulatory framework; expansion and evidentiary confirmation of its methods, including innovative properties due to scientific and technological progress; by expanding and rethinking the classifications of cold steel, in accordance with modern realities and the dynamics of life (scientific and technological progress, new technologies, new materials, a new mentality of society in relation to what is considered cold steel, in many ways different from the expert approach to this issue, etc.), etc.

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Organized Crime Today

Cherednichenko E.E.

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Objective: to study organized crime, its features, determinants and preventive measures; Conclusions: - organized crime changes following the changes taking place in the state; its determinants can be divided into two groups: the first group - are determinants caused by the specifics of criminal activity, its direction, objects of criminal attacks, the second group is associated with the type of criminal group or community itself, its size, hierarchy, features of persons who are members of the group; as specific countermeasures we can propose: increasing the legal literacy of law enforcement officers and their motivation for new knowledge, developing practical recommendations for law enforcement officers, methods of investigating organized crimes, intensifying operational work to collect information about the leaders of criminal communities, organizing social adaptation and control (administrative supervision) over persons released from places of imprisonment for committing crimes as part of organized criminal groups and communities, isolating the leaders of organized criminal groups in correctional institutions and separate psychological work with them.

Gaps in Russian Legislation. 2024;17(7):147-151
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Problems of Legal Regulation of Initiation of Criminal Cases on Fraud

Smolin A.G., Shigurov A.V.

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Purpose of the study. The rapid growth of fraud committed in recent years (26 % in 2023) indicates the need to improve the legal framework for the activities of preliminary investigation bodies. The article examines a number of current issues of legal regulation of proceedings at the stage of initiating a criminal case. Conclusions. Taking into account the objective need to legalize long pre-investigation check periods in fraud cases, where more than 30% of criminal cases are initiated in excess of the maximum period established by law, the authors propose to allow the prosecutor or the head of the investigative body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation to extend the check at the stage of case initiation for a period of more than 30 days. The article considers the problem of production at the stage of initiation of a criminal case of a seizure required when checking reports of fraud. Noting the debatable nature of this issue, as well as the existence of contradictory judicial practice, the authors propose, firstly, to clarify the wording of Part 1 of Article 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, including a seizure among the permitted investigative actions, and secondly, until the law is amended, to be guided by the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, set out in the resolution of August 25, 2017 No. 16-UD17-16, which substantiates the legality of this investigative action. The authors also draw attention to the need to unify the powers of the investigator and the inquiry officer to obtain information on accounts and deposits of individuals, since the need to promptly obtain information on money transfers, receipt of money from victims to specific individuals exists not only during the investigation of qualified fraud, but also in simple cases that fall under the jurisdiction of the inquiry authorities.

Gaps in Russian Legislation. 2024;17(7):152-157
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Features of Conducting a Search in Relation to a Lawyer

Lukyanov E.V.

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The purpose of the study. The article analyzes the specifics of the search in relation to lawyers provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation. The author pays special attention to the analysis of the practice of consideration by the cassation courts of general jurisdiction of complaints against court decisions made on the legality and validity of the search against a lawyer.

Conclusions. The institution of conducting investigative actions against a lawyer, in particular a search, regulated by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, is endowed with specific features that emphasize the special status of lawyers as carriers of information constituting the subject (content) of attorney-client privilege. In this regard, the legislator established an alternative procedure for conducting a search, providing for the existence of a court decision as its basis.

At the same time, despite the existing guarantees provided to lawyers in order to prevent and impede their professional activities, the legislator remains faced with the task of ensuring the protection of rights in the conduct of investigative actions against such a subject.

Gaps in Russian Legislation. 2024;17(7):158-163
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Criminal Procedure Deadlines as a Guarantee of Ensuring the Rights of Subjects of Pre-Trial Proceedings

Grebenev R.V.

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Introduction. The criminal process, in particular the pre-trial proceedings of the Russian Federation, is a complex and serious mechanism regulating relations within the framework of the investigation of a criminal case and the restoration of justice. Undoubtedly, the process of pre-trial proceedings is of particular importance, including constant variable communication of persons with procedural status within the framework of a criminal case investigation, such relationships, as well as the criminal case itself, are subject to formal regulation in terms of the time interval of their implementation in order to ensure the economy of the criminal process, as well as the surplus provision of human rights and freedoms and a citizen. The deadlines reflected in the Code of Criminal Procedure constitute the most important part of it, in fact being a fundamental component of its administration due to the clarity of regulation of certain criminal procedural relationships, which directly affects them through the prism of establishing a clear time frame.

Methodology. Realizing the preparatory stage for the scientific development of the issues reflected in this study, the author of the work included in his arsenal private scientific methods of cognition (comparative legal, formal legal), the author also placed special emphasis on methods of deduction, scientific synthesis and legal analysis. In addition to the above methods, the author resorted to the method of empirical cognition, deeply analyzing the practical experience of law enforcement officers.

Research findings. The result of the study is an analysis of the conceptual apparatus of the terms "criminal case" and the material of "criminal case" from the point of view of legal hermeneutics for further conceptual improvement of the above theses, considered when determining the role of procedural deadlines in criminal proceedings, the author also comes up with views on improving current legislation through the prism of reworking the provisions of Article 162 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the purposes of more in-depth and positive provision of the rights and freedoms of all participants in the criminal process.

The author has analyzed in depth the provisions of federal legislation concerning deadlines in criminal proceedings, which is reflected in considerations of their priority importance in the security part of the subjects of criminal proceedings due to the urgency of certain stages of interaction, which are reflected in documents of a procedural nature.

Gaps in Russian Legislation. 2024;17(7):164-169
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