Corpus delicti and principles of criminal law: the essence and problems of mutual accounting

The article is devoted to the study of the key categories of criminal law the corpus delicti and the principles of criminal law. The approaches to the definition and function of the corpus delicti are considered in detail, as well as the analysis is carried out in compliance with the General principles of criminal law. The author comes to the conclusion that the science of criminal law is not able to fully fill the legislative gap regarding the regulation of the institution of corpus delicti. Criminal law requires a comprehensive transformation, which should begin with the setting of goals, regulation of the institution of crime, revision of the principles, as well as the election of specific means to implement these goals and principles.