Zhalinsky, A.E. Criminal policy and the goals of criminal law.

Abstract: In this article Professor Zhalinsky studies the problems related to the legal construction of goals of criminal law under Article 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. As he points out, it is of paramount importance that these goals are understood correctly by both the society and the government, duly developed and sufficient for the optimization of the criminal policy both in legislative and law-enforcement aspects, that these goals are supported by the people. The author studies a number of problems related to legislative reglamentation of the goals of criminal law, as well as their reflection in the law-enforcement practice, analyses their nature, its social and legal aspects.