The classification and position of circumstances excluding criminality of the act in the theory of criminal law

The article examines the development trends in domestic criminal legislation of such a legal phenomenon as circumstances that exclude the criminality of the act. In particular, it points to the inviolability of the positions of this institute in the criminal law regulation of the rights of each person to protect their own interests, as well as the interests of others. Stability of its positions in the Russian criminal legislation is noted, regardless of the changes in the qualitative and quantitative nature introduced into it.