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Vol 19, No 2 (2022)
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CIVIL LAW, BUSINESS LAW, FAMILY LAW, INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW

134-141 594
Abstract

The article deals with topical issues of protecting civil rights and implementing the pro­tective function of civil law in digital relations. The fair exercise of digital rights is a key require­ment. When establishing, exercising and protecting civil rights and fulfilling civil obligations, par­ticipants in civil legal relations must act in good faith. According to this principle, you cannot take advantage of your dishonest behavior. The current Civil Code proclaims the presumption of good faith of participants in civil legal relations and the reasonableness of their actions. Unlike con­scientiousness, reasonableness implies rationality, logic and expediency of his behavior. The va­lidity is estimated and is established by the court taking into account the actual circumstances. The purpose of a digital right is that the opportunities that make it up should be used to satisfy the economic interests of the owner of such a right, and not for other purposes. Non-violent imple­mentation of digital rights implies the absence of the goal of causing harm (losses). In case of violation of these requirements, restrictions on the exercise of digital rights, digital rights will be abused, resulting in a denial of protection of the right (full or partial). Ways to protect digital rights can be divided into two groups – general and special. The general methods provided for in Art. 12 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation are the recognition of digital law, the restoration of the situation that existed before the violation of digital law, the suppression of actions that violate digital law or threaten to violate it, the recognition of transactions as invalid and the application of the consequences of their invalidity (restitution), self-defense of digital rights, etc. The article proposes to supplement the law with special compensation for violation of digital rights, by anal­ogy with the sanction for violation of exclusive rights, provided for by part four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. The analyzed sanction should be applied in the amount of one hundred thousand to one hundred million rubles. Such a significant amount of sanctions proposed in the law is due to the special value of digital assets in the modern wor ld.

CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY, PENITENTIARY LAW

142-155 310
Abstract

Countering doping in modern sport plays an important role. In order to effectively apply various types of legal liability, it is necessary to determine what substances and methods are prohib­ited in sport. Since the advent of full-fledged anti-doping rules (1967), the list of such substances and methods, as well as the doping control system, have been dynamically changing. The anti-doping system received significant development after the formation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (1999). For the purposes of bringing to criminal responsibility, there is a list, initially somewhat reduced, sub­sequently substantially supplemented. The legislator's decision to create a special list raises questions. Therefore, the Author considers various approaches to such substances and methods and determines their place in the crime. In the first part of the work, prohibited substances and methods are analyzed and their characteristics are given. In the second part, the Author explores the need for a specific list of prohibited substances or methods for the purpose of criminalizing anti-doping rule violations. In ad­dition, it distinguishes between narcotic, psychotropic, potent substances, on the one hand, and prohib­ited substances, on the other. The Author comes to the conclusion that the existence of a special list for the purposes of implementing Art. 2301 and 2302 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is inap­propriate due to the specifics of the acts themselves, as this limits the possibility of being held liable for the use of analogues of substances. In the third part of the work, the Author explores the understanding of prohibited substances or methods as the subject of a crime. It is concluded that to consider prohibited substances or methods as the subject of crimes under Art. 2301 and 2302 of the Criminal Code of the Rus­sian Federation is impossible, since the crime is not directly directed at them. Accordingly, in the fourth part of the work it is substantiated that such substances and methods constitute the means of committing a crime. As a result, the Author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to change the legislative regulation of criminal liability for violation of anti-doping rules.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

156-164 323
Abstract

The Author considers some debatable issues of establishing the place of fraud committed using information technology. The result of the study is the conclusion that the current development of criminal procedure legislation does not allow to adequately resolve practical problems and conflicts, which are expressed in the failure to resolve the issues of determining the place of committing fraud, the subject of which is non-cash funds, when it was carried out through several banking and non-bank­ing transfers of non-cash funds in favor of the criminal, and proposes a solution to the problem by indi­cating in the decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court dated November 30, 2017 No. 48 “On judicial practice in cases of fraud, misappropriation and embezzlement”, that the place of fraud, the subject of which are non-cash funds is the location (actual address) of the financial institution (branch, division, representative office of the financial institution), in which the victim had an account opened and from which the last or most transaction in the criminal interests of the subject of the crime. These changes, according to the Author, will allow solving practical problems that arise when determining the place of the preliminary investigation of fraud committed using information technology. An analysis is made of the system of places that can be considered a place of committing fraud using information technology, in a forensic sense. The Author comes to the conclusion that among such places one can single out the location of the offender, the location of the victim, as well as the location of the victim's funds, which were turned by the criminal in his favor. The result of the analysis of the problem of establishing the last place of committing fraud carried out using information technology is a statement of the absence of unequivocal answers, in connection with which the Author expresses the hope of receiving not only constructive suggestions, but also any opinions that would make it possible to get closer to its resolution.

165-175 258
Abstract

The article considers complexing as a significant trend in the genesis of the institution of special knowledge in criminal proceedings involving minors. The phenomenon under study is defined as the combination by one person of two or more procedural functions and/or special knowledge to provide a multilateral assessment of the circumstances important for the criminal case and the individual characteristics of the minor. Four historical stages of the formation of the domestic institution of special knowledge in criminal proceedings involving minors are identified and presented. It is concluded that this institution has gone the way of development from the situational involvement of a few knowledgeable persons through the use of special knowledge by law enforcement officers themselves with the optional involvement of knowledgeable persons to the established practice of producing comprehensive examinations (in which the commission is not a mandatory property) and the active involvement of various knowledgeable persons, in particular, a teacher and a psychologist. Actual situations are considered in which the minority of the participants in the criminal process, along with their individual characteristics (psychophysiological, cultural, religious, linguistic and others), entails the need to combine procedural functions and / or special knowledge. The results of an empirical study conducted by the Author of the article under the guidance of Candidate of Legal Sciences, Docent E. V. Elagina (questionnaire survey of 161 investigators and 116 prosecutors on the involvement of knowledgeable persons in pre-trial proceedings in criminal cases involving minors) are presented; it is shown that in most cases respondents note the leading role of a psychologist in the production of investigative actions with children and adolescents. It is also noted that the functions traditionally implemented by the teacher do not meet the goals of his involvement in the criminal process, and therefore it is necessary to exclude the possibility of such involvement. A general conclusion is made that, when complexing, the first place should be given to special psychological knowledge, since it is psychologists who are competent in assessing a number of phenomena significant for criminal proceedings (for example, emotional and behavioral reactions of minors). The Author proposes a method for optimal integration of procedural functions and / or special knowledge in a criminal process involving minors – the use of special knowledge by a law enforcement officer or the combination of two or more functions by one knowledgeable person. It is shown that the proposed method will reduce the number of persons in contact with a minor and reduce the psychological burden on him.

CRIMINALISTICS, FORENSIC ACTIVITY, OPERATIONAL AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES

176-184 331
Abstract

The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of the investigative experiment as one of the types of procedural actions performed within the framework of criminal proceedings. In the intro­duction, the genesis of the theoretical foundations of the investigative experiment is considered, the rel­evance of the topic of the article in the modern setting is indicated. The Author identified problems associated with understanding the investigative method of research, which underlies the investigative experiment as an investigative action, noted the controversy of individual judgments expressed in foren­sic literature. The Author refutes an attempt to define the essence of the investigative experiment through the concept of «reproduction». In this regard, the legislative approach to the definition of an investigative experiment has been criticized, which does not make it possible to distinguish an investigative experi­ment from other investigative actions related to the reproduction of actions, events, reconstruction of the situation, etc. Particularly important is the delimitation of the investigative experiment from the veri­fication of testimony on the spot. The necessity of formulating the definition of the concept of an investi­gative experiment through the concept of «experience» is substantiated. In addition, the issues of classifi­cation of investigative experiments, which are based on the intended purpose of the investigative action, are considered. The theoretical and practical significance of the proposed classification is substantiated. The Author of the article describes the features of the tactics of conducting an investigative experiment, depending on its assignment to a particular group. In particular, the features of the use of «props» used in the process of experiments, determining the composition of the participants in the investigative action, the need to recreate the conditions of a real event are reflected. In addition, the issues of using the re­sults of an investigative experiment in proving in criminal cases are raised, in connection with which questions are raised about the features of evaluating the results of the investigative action in question. Thus, within the framework of the article, the epistemological essence of the investigative experiment is investigated, the definition of the concept of this investigative action is formulated, the types of inves­tigative experiments are presented and their content is disclosed. The main tactical recommendations for the production of certain types of investigative experiments are substantiated.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

185-198 357
Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the problems of correlation between the constitutional-legal and administrative-legal regulation of public administration in the field of public health protection in the system of social administration. The purpose of the article is to identify the relationship between the subject of regulation of constitutional and administrative law in the field of public administration in terms of health protection in the system of social administration, to identify its distinctive features. The goal was achieved with the help of general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, dialectical, his­torical and legal method) and the formal legal method. State administration is carried out constantly, regardless of the presence or absence of a constitution in a particular state, other constitutional acts, and even in the absence of constitutional ideas, as was the case in Russia until the 19th century. The concept of administrative and legal regulation of public administration in the field of public health in modern conditions is based on constitutional norms on the right of citizens to health protection and medical care (Article 41 of the current Constitution of the Russian Federation), as well as on the norms on the organization of public power in the Russian Federation. Analyzing the content of the legal literature, the current legislation, the Author came to the conclusion that for the analysis of the correlation between the concepts of constitutional and legal and administrative-legal regulation in the field of health care, the provisions of Art. 71 and 72 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. In particular, assigning the organization of public authority to the federal center, the Constitution of the Russian Federation thereby predetermines the principles of organization of the public administration system in the field of health care. In addition, Art. 71 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation leaves the federal authori­ties in charge of establishing a unified legal framework for the healthcare system, which is being trans­formed into legislative and subordinate regulation, including issues of managing the healthcare system. Administrative law, due to the wide possibilities of operational by-law regulation, is characterized by taking into account the latest achievements in the natural and human sciences in industry standards, sometimes faster than the legislator does.

JUDICIAL PRACTICE

199-211 259
Abstract

This publication continues the experience of covering the work of the Scientific and Meth­odological Council under the Prosecutor of the Omsk Region, among the main tasks of which remains the development and discussion, together with representatives of legal science, of sound recommenda­tions on problematic issues of prosecutorial supervision, legislation and law enforcement practice, legal advisory opinions on issues arising in prosecutorial practice. In this regard, the article proposes to dis­cuss certain topical problems of law enforcement practice raised at one of the last meetings of the Scien­tific and Methodological Council under the Prosecutor of the Omsk Region. Thus, based on a systematic analysis of errors in the implementation of the institution of a judicial fine, it is proposed to provide prosecutors with systematic supervision over compliance with the requirements of the law when it is ap­plied, which requires a more thorough study of criminal cases, as well as a proper initiative to establish the circumstances associated with the application of a judicial fine, and timely challenging unfounded court decisions. In addition, the practice of law enforcement highlights the fundamental problem of a unified interpretation of the grounds for terminating a criminal case (criminal prosecution) against a person who has committed an act prohibited by criminal law in a state of insanity. Based on the analy­sis of legal situations and various approaches to their resolution, the article argues for the need to make a decision on the studied criminal cases on the grounds of paragraph 4 of part 1 of Art. 24 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the death of a person involved in criminal proceedings. In other similar situations, but related to the criminal prosecution of these persons, the deci­sion must be made taking into account the specific circumstances of the criminal case.



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