Gontar, I.Y. Principle of justice and institution of guilt in criminal law

Abstract: The article concerns the principle of justice and institution of guilt In the criminal law, their enshrinement in criminal law as basic principles (together with the principle of humanism), as provided for in the basic provisions of criminal law regulation. The author discusses such issues as implementation of the principle of justice in the criminal law in reality. The author also studies theoretical issues of justice as such and justice in criminal law. He analyzes norms of General and Special Parts of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in regard of their compliance with the principle of justice. The article also analyses guilt, which is an important principle of criminal law. The author analyzes definition and contents of guilt, its main forms, its practical implementation, and debatable issues, such as dual (complicated) forms of guilt, and crisis of the institution of guilt in criminal law, which is due to accumulation of contradictions in legal norms, and to the need for their development, practice of application of criminal law, and theoretical works of legal scholars regarding the topical issues of guilt.

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