The compositions of falsification of evidence are established in the criminal law inconsistently and unjustly

Purpose: The research of established criminally-legal prohibition of falsification of evidence, including by the lawyer-defender and the lawyer-representative. Methodology: The comparative-legal and formal-legal methods, as well as the method of logic-system analysis were used. Results: In the article the provisions of Article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, providing for criminal responsibility for falsification of evidence in civil and criminal cases, including those committed by the lawyer-representative and the lawyer-defender, are analyzed. Conclusions about inconsistent and not quite justly approach of the legislator to the establishment formal elements of these crimes are made. Recommendations to the legislator are made. Novelty/originality/value: The article has the scientific value, because it is one of the first attempts to consider the establishment of criminal liability for falsification of evidence in civil and criminal and other cases from the point of view of justice in the criminal law.