Development of criminal legislation in the XVIII – first quarter of the XIX century: the struggle for the identity of Russian law

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The article describes the activities of the established (codification) legislative commissions in Russia of the XVIII – early XIX centuries, analyzes attempts to build codes based on foreign legislation, in particular Dutch and Swedish, contrary to the historical continuity and national identity of Russian criminal law; shows in detail the work on the draft Criminal Code in 1813, presents the features of its architectonics, as well as the importance for the further development of criminal law and criminal law doctrine; the reasons for the failures of all commissions that have been working for more than a century are revealed.

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Aleksandr I. Chuchaev

Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: moksha1@rambler.ru

Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Head of the Sector of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology

Russian Federation, 10 Znamenka str., 119019 Moscow

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