CORPUS DELICTI: THE CONCEPT, ELEMENTS AND SIGNIFICANCE

Агаев И.Б.
Состав преступления: понятие, элементы, значение.
Monograph.
Moscow: Publishing house «Юристъ», 2008.
335 pages. 21 quires.

Among the actual problems of Criminal law the special place is taken by corpus delicti. In science of criminal law corpus delicti shall be considered as complex of objective and subjective signs provided by the criminal statute, which characterize socially dangerous act as a crime.

Corpus delicti is one of the difficult categories having very multidimensional character. Many provisions characterizing elements and signs of corpus delicti are guided by the provisions of sociology of the public relations, psychology of activity and age psychology, psychiatric and other medical knowledge, legal establishments. In the Criminal Code the fundamental basic provisions relating to the basis for criminal liability are settled: commitment of an act containing all signs of corpus delicti.

In the book on the basis of last achievements of the Criminal law science the concept, signs and classification of corpus delicti, objective and subjective elements of corpus delicti are analyzed. In work a special significance is attached to corpus delicti as sole basis for criminal responsibility and as a tool of crime qualification, as well as to «participation» of signs of corpus delicti in legal assessment of the perpetrators’ criminal behavior. In the law the concept of corpus delicti isn’t revealed, it is developed by science of criminal law. So, the represented work is more valuable, because it generalizes, sometimes in a new way treats some signs of corpus delicti, specifies social, legal, psychological significance of the signs of corpus delicti.

As it is known, corpus delicti consists of four elements: object, objective aspect, subjective aspect of crime and crime committer. The object of a crime is something that a criminal violates: interests, benefits, rights of other persons. The objective aspect of a crime is represented by an act (action or inaction), by means of which the crime is committed, penal consequences and causal link between the act and consequences. Signs of this element mostly are reflected in a disposition, so, the author concludes that the contents of disposition significantly influences on correct application of signs of the crime objective aspect.

A crime committer is a person, on which it is possible to impose criminal responsibility for the committed act. It is on age of criminal liability and sanity. Age of criminal liability is historically changeable category, on which national customs also have impact. Here the author states his point of view concerning both age of criminal responsibility, and operational simplification in establishment of insanity and limited sanity. The subjective aspect of a crime includes the signs, which are expressed in guilt, motive and purpose of a crime.

The book is intended for the students of higher educational institutions, teachers, scientific researchers in the sphere of law, employees of law-enforcement authorities and courts, advocates and lawyers of the administration agencies.

CONTENTS

ВВЕДЕНИЕ – 3

ГЛАВА 1
ПОНЯТИЕ И СОДЕРЖАНИЕ СОВОКУПНОСТИ ПРЕСТУПЛЕНИЙ – 5

§ 1. Исторический очерк развития совокупности преступлений в уголовном праве  – 5
§ 2. Понятие совокупности преступлений  – 11
§ 3. Обстоятельства, исключающие совокупность преступлений – 20

ГЛАВА 2
СОВОКУПНОСТЬ ПРЕСТУПЛЕНИЙ – ФОРМА МНОЖЕСТВЕННОСТИ ПРЕСТУПЛЕНИЙ – 27

§ 1. Понятие и юридическая сущность множественности преступлений – 27
§ 2. Место совокупности преступлений в системе форм множественности преступлений – 38
§ 3. Разнородность – важнейший признак совокупности преступлений – 75
§ 4. Вопрос о видах совокупности преступлений в теории уголовного права – 80

ГЛАВА 3
РЕАЛЬНАЯ СОВОКУПНОСТЬ ПРЕСТУПЛЕНИЙ – 87

§ 1. Понятие реальной совокупности – 87
§ 2. Юридические признаки реальной совокупности – 89
§ 3. Особенности квалификации предварительной преступной деятельности и соучастия при реальной совокупности преступлений – 98
§ 4. Виды реальной совокупности преступлений –  102

ГЛАВА 4
ИДЕАЛЬНАЯ СОВОКУПНОСТЬ ПРЕСТУПЛЕНИЙ – 109

§ 1. Понятие и социальная природа идеальной совокупности – 109
§ 2. Отграничение идеальной совокупности от единичных преступлений – 116
§ 3. Юридические признаки идеальной совокупности – 144
§ 4. Виды идеальной совокупности преступлений – 147

ГЛАВА 5
КОНКУРЕНЦИЯ УГОЛОВНО-ПРАВОВЫХ НОРМ – 151

§ 1. Понятие конкуренции уголовно-правовых норм  –  151
§ 2. Виды конкуренции уголовно-правовых норм – 15

ГЛАВА 6
НАЗНАЧЕНИЕ НАКАЗАНИЯ ПРИ СОВОКУПНОСТИ ПРЕСТУПЛЕНИЙ – 161

§ 1. Применение общих начал назначения наказания при совокупности преступлений – 61
§ 2. Обстоятельства, учитываемые судом при назначении наказания при совокупности преступлений  – 166
§ 3. Специальные правила, предусмотренные при назначении наказания при совокупности преступлений – 173
§ 4. Правила назначения наказания по совокупности приговоров – 193