On the concept of criminal law research methodology

Introduction: the article discusses approaches to the definition of the concept of “methodology”. The value of the distinguished levels of the methodology vertically and the corresponding elements of the methodology horizontally for the implementation of criminal law research is indicated. The methodology of criminal law research is considered as a combination of methods, techniques, principles and rules, the application of which, when using laws and forms of proper thinking, leads to new knowledge in the field of criminal law. Materials and methods: the normative basis of the research is constituted by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, criminal legislation, other normative acts, legal acts related to criminal law. The methodological basis of the study was the general dialectic method of scientific knowledge, which is universal in nature, as well as methods of logical deduction, induction, cognitive methods and techniques of comparison, analysis, generalization and description...