编号 1 (2026)

In this work, continuing the cycle of publications devoted to the legal legacy of the Eastern Roman Empire, the author analyzed such a historical and legal monument as the Theodosius Code in its secular criminal law segment, as well as its component part, the Novellas of Valentinian III, determined their place in the system of Roman law (Eastern Roman Empire) and the significance of for modern Russian criminal law. The thesis is argued that the legal acts under consideration were the beginning of a tectonic process of official systematization of law, which continues to the present day.

This article examines the specific elements of the administrative offense stipulated in Pt. 2 of Art. 8.6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, using the ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated January 13, 2025, No. 75-AD24-6-K as a case study. The analysis focuses on the establishment of the objective element of the offense – land degradation caused by violations of waste management regulations and the criteria for holding a legal entity administratively liable when compliance with environmental requirements was feasible.

The article analyzes constitutional environmental rights in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Issues related to the nature and classification of legal principles governing legal relations, as well as labor relations, in the 20th and early 21st centuries were actively researched by scholars specializing in both general legal theory and labor law. In the course of studying these issues, the author came to the conclusion that, as a rule, the works were carried out in accordance with the concepts of legal positivism or various types of integrative understanding of law.

Alimony agreements are a sought-after legal instrument in law enforcement practice, however, cases of abuse of the right by the parties to this agreement have recently become more frequent. In this regard, the authors, based on doctrine, legislation and judicial practice, investigate the problems of invalidating alimony agreements, as well as guarantees for the protection of the rights of the alimony recipient. Scientific methods such as dialectics, analysis, synthesis, deduction, and the formal legal method have become the leading research approach.

This article highlights specific problematic questions related of the use of information technology in the selection and application of preventive measures in Russian criminal proceedings. The author examines four potential areas for the computerization of criminal proceedings, within which improvements of regulatory and law enforcement approaches to the selection of preventive measures can be considered.

The article analyzes the theoretical and practical problems associated with the new type of exemption from criminal liability under Art. 78.1 of the Criminal Code. It examines the reasons that, in the author’s opinion, have led to difficulties in regulating the exemption from criminal liability for military personnel during mobilization, a state of war, or wartime.

The article examines the importance of principles of law in individual legal regulation, the degree of their “participation” in judicial practice. This directly determines to what extent law is and remains law in its original sense of being an equal measure for all. In the implementation of this function of law, the main role belongs to the courts. The fundamental principles of law are expressed in the general principles of law and in international law, which also enshrines universal human values, generally recognized principles and norms, human rights, and, above all, natural rights. Being an integral part of the legal system of Russia, the principles of international law equally ensure the possibility of making judicial decisions within the framework of the legislation, interpreted and applied through the prism of principles. The article attempts to assess whether the courts are ready and inclined to take their decisions not only on the “letter of the law”, but also on the principles of law, its initial basics. The analysis of the problem under study is based on a significant array of decisions of the highest judicial authorities for a relatively new period.