Naumov A.V. Theoretical heritage of Alfred Zhalinsky in the area of criminal law (Peer review on the book: Alfred Zhalinsky. Selected works. Volume 2. Criminal law. Publishing house of the Higher School of Economics. 2015)

Abstract: Volume 2 of the four-volume compilation of the selected works of the notable Russian criminal law theoretician contains his works dedicated directly to the issues of criminal law. They are connected through the development of methodological aspects of the criminal law theory; firstly, towards the direction of convergence of the sectoral legal science with the general theory of law, and secondly, towards the substantiation and development of the criminal legal science. The author presents such genuinely new theoretical approaches towards the researched problem as: “Formation of the general instrumental targeted theory of criminal law”, “Criminal law as the source of power”, “Criminal law as the resource: problems of modernization”, “Trends and contradictions of the development of criminal law” . In addition to that, especially in giving the characteristic to the level of the Russian criminal legislation in the area of fight against economic crimes and corruption, the author draws attention to the need for “expansion” of the doctrinal “field” of the criminal legal science, and its inclusion into the general theory of criminal law, criminology, criminal procedural law and judicial authority, as well as the economic science, social psychology, and other disciplines.

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