Review-Reflection on the Work Bochkarev S. A.«The Philosophy of Criminal Law: the Question»

The article proposes a correlation of criminal law and philosophy for legal compatibility and scientific ref lection. Based on the monograph by S. A. Bochkarev «The Philosophy of Criminal Law: the Question» is analyzed the current state of criminal law in a philosophical aspect.The article is devoted to the question of philosophical understanding of criminal law. The author considers criminal legal issues in the context of the philosophical method of cognition, critically evaluates the postulate that such modern philosophical directions as hermeneutics, synergetics, the phenomenon of virtual reality as opposed to positivism have a great heuristic potential current paradigm of Russian criminal law. Rational and critical consideration of the provisions of monographic work S. А. Bochkareva puts on the agenda of the day the question of the importance of the inf luence of philosophy on solving problems of law, including criminal law. The arguments for and against such an approach are given.

уголовное право, философия права, философия уголовного права, юридический позити-визм, методология права