Fundamental principals of criminal law regulation in the sphere of economic activity: a history overview

Scientific and historical analysis of the criminal law regulation in the sphere of economic activity from the end of the last century to the present time demonstrates an ongoing series of efforts by the Russian state to find the best ways to achieve its effectiveness. In the meantime, according to the author of the article, the most remarkable tend reflected in these searches, was only the belief that for a long period since the adoption of the Criminal code of 1996, a number of issues that require urgent solution in relation to the Chapter on economic crimes continue to persist. It is in particular about the relevance of the problem of adequate systematization of the numerous elements of crimes included in the mentioned Chapter, which differ significantly in many parameters. Another rather problematic feature of articles on crimes in the sphere of economic activity is still the “excessive referencing”, which in turn creates difficulties and conflicts in the process of law enforcement. Among them is the inconsistency of interpretation in specific situations of the content of the category of retroactive force of the criminal law. The resolution of the above mentioned and related problems is one of the priority tasks of lawmaking and law enforcement practice in the field of Russian criminal law today