Author

Lipinsky D.A.

Title of article

TOTHEQUESTIONOFTHESTRUCTURE
OFALTERNATIVESANCTIONS IN CRIMINAL LAW

Section

Section 6. Law enforcement policy

Issue, year

3 (45) 2018

Abstract

Sanctions of criminal law rules are one of the most dynamically changing structural elements of the criminal legislation. Alternative sanction is one of the legal means of individualization
of criminal liability and a prerequisite for a fair punishment. However, excessive alternatives, that is, having more than three basic penalties in the sanction, which can be complicated by the need to
choose additional punishment, can lead to difficulties in law enforcement activities and contribute to corruption. Various types of sanctions of criminal law rules are analyzed and compared with foreign
legislation. It is substantiated that the sanction of the criminal law rule should not include more than three main penalties. Various classifications of alternative sanctions, as well as their interrelations
with incentive sanctions are considered. It is concluded that there are sanctions with two opposite alternatives (sanction and incentive). At the same time, it is unacceptable to identify the sanction as a
structural element of the article of the Special Part of criminal law with the sanction of the criminal law rule. Alternatives to the penalties contained in the Special Part of the criminal law may also be
found in its General Part. The existence of formally alternative, but in fact non-alternative sanctions,is noted.

Keywords

criminal law rule; sanction; alternative sanction; punitive sanction; incentive sanction; types of sanctions; types of alternative sanctions.

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