CONSTRUCTION OF CRIMINAL LAW PROHIBITIONS DURING THE CIVIL WAR: EXPERIENCE OF TELEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-6794-2022-3-100-111
Abstract
Aim. Historical-legal study of the purposefulness of the criminal policy of Russia in the first years of the Soviet power.
Methodology. The teleological paradigm was chosen as the methodological basis of the article. Based on the analysis of normative legal acts and doctrinal writings, the process of forming the goal and means of the Soviet criminal law policy at the stage of establishing a new political-legal system is analyzed.
Results. The article proves that the aim of political-legal policy was the formation of the new Soviet criminal law, enabling not only the maintenance of law and order and the rule of law, but also the security of the Soviet state. The construction of criminal law prohibitions was used as a means of doing it.
Research implications.The conclusions formulated in the article are of great importance both for the historical and legal study of the formation and development of the Soviet criminal law policy.
About the Authors
A. V. Skorobogatov
Kazan Innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. Skorobogatov – Dr. Sci. (History), Prof
420111, Kazan, Moskovskaya ul. 42
N. N. Rybushkin
Kazan (Volga) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikolay N. Rybushkin – Cand. Sci. (Law), Honored Lawyer of Tatarstan Republic, Deputy of the Council of State of Tatarstan Republic, Assoc. Prof., Department of Criminal Law, Kazan (Volga) Federal University
420008, Kazan, Kremlyovskaya ul. 18
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