Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University (lecturer)
employee
SHEKİ, Azerbaijan
Introduction: The intention of the author is directed to the study of the genesis and evolution of tasks and principles of the criminal law of Azerbaijan. A short historical excursion is conducted, official and other documents related to the tasks and principles of criminal law are explained and analyzed. Special attention is paid to legal acts regulating legal relations related to state coercion, as well as documents revealing the ideological basis of punishment. The historical and legal facts about the application of the general principles of punishment in the studied region, as well as about the narrowing of the scope of the death penalty are given. Materials and Methods: The normative legal basis of the research was compiled by the normative legal acts of the Russian Empire, the ADR, and the Azerbaijan Republic. Documentary basis of research expanded by decree reports, reports, relations, prescriptions and proposals of imperial officials. The theoretical basis was served by the works of legal scholars. The general dialectical method of scientific knowledge, methods of empirical and theoretical character (descriptions, formalizations, comparisons, analysis, generalizations, deductions and inductions, hypotheses), as well as special-legal methods (formal-legal, comparative-legal) served as the methodological basis of the research. The Results of the Study: The results of the research allowed us to offer the author's position on the spread of the all-Russian criminal legislation in Transcaucasia, its legal grounds and positive consequences, as well as on the types of acts for which the death penalty was established as the highest measure of state coercion. Findings and Conclusions: Based on the analysis of the content of historical legal acts, it is possible to conclude that the imperial criminal legislation was extended to this region after the accession to Russia, including the general principles of punishment. The scope of the death penalty was narrowed, and as an exceptional measure of punishment it could only be established for crimes against life, public safety, state security, and peace and human security.
Republic of Azerbaijan, legal regulation, criminal law, objectives, principles, criminal act, punishment.
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