Zhalinsky, A.E. Paradigm of criminal legal thinking.

Abstract: Criminal law is a source of power. It demands great social spendings, and it is capable of both accelerating and delaying social development. In this article Professor A.E. Zhalinsky provides his analysis of criminal-legal paradigms, seen as part of a more general problem, which, in turn, is related to the nature and changing role of criminal law as an instrument of social regulation.