Criminal law principles in the fight against crime

Petro Vorobey; Olena Vorobey; Valerii Matviichuk; Andrii Niebytov; Inna Khar

doi:10.34069/AI/2022.49.01.17

Petro Vorobey National University "Odesa Law Academy", Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-1920
Olena Vorobey National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7106-148X
Valerii Matviichuk National University "Odesa Law Academy", Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3459-0056
Andrii Niebytov Main Department of the National Police in the Kiev region, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-3064
Inna Khar National University "Odessa Law Academy", Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7676-8273

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.49.01.17

Keywords: concepts, criminal law principles, interrelation, legal categories, philosophical categories.

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the criminal law principles in the fight against crime, to introduce a distinction between them and general principles of the State. The subject of the study is the criminal law principles in the fight against crime. Methodology. The following methods were used to achieve the goal of the Article: formal logic; description; historical and legal; comparative law; dogmatic. Results of the research. The paper analyzes and criticizes the criminal law principles in the fight against crime. Their essence and significance in the general context of combating crime are highlighted. Each principle is analyzed separately in the context of their relationship with the general principles of criminal law policy of the State. Practical meaning. It is proposed not to consider the principle of justice as criminal law one, but to place it within the framework of general philosophical principles and categories such as kindness, decency, humanism, humanity, honesty, etc. Value / originality. It is confirmed that the law on criminal liability must be fair, and therefore effective, which stems from the very matter of justice as a socio-philosophical category.

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Author Biographies

Petro Vorobey, National University "Odesa Law Academy", Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal Law, Procedure and Criminology of Kyiv Institute of Intellectual Property and Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy", Ukraine.

Olena Vorobey, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Forensic Support and Forensics of the Educational and Scientific Institute № 2 of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Valerii Matviichuk, National University "Odesa Law Academy", Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Professor, Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Procedure and Criminology of Kyiv Institute of Intellectual Property and Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy", Ukraine.

Andrii Niebytov, Main Department of the National Police in the Kiev region, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Main Department of the National Police in the Kiev region, Ukraine.

Inna Khar, National University "Odessa Law Academy", Ukraine.

Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies of Kyiv Institute of Intellectual Property and Law of the National University "Odessa Law Academy", Ukraine.

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