Russian Federation
UDK 34 Право. Юридические науки
The article shows that the concept of «minor» of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation is used in two meanings — to characterize the guilty (convicted) and the victim. Various legislative formulations of this concept are considered. Comparative and philological methods of analysis will allow us to assert that there is no correlation between them and consistency in their use. Proposals were made, including in the order de lege ferenda, in order to unify the definition of “minor”in the Criminal code of the Russian Federation.
underage, juvenile, exclusion of responsibility, exclusion of criminal punishment, compulsory measures of educational influence
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