- •Lecture 6. General positions of criminal law of ukraine (bases of criminal law of ukraine) plan
- •A concept of criminal law of Ukraine. The Criminal code of Ukraine.
- •A notion, types and attributes of a crime.
- •Composition of a crime.
- •4. Stages of commission of a crime.
- •5. Criminal complicity.
- •The circumstances, which exlude criminality of the act and criminal responsibility.
- •7. Attributes and grounds of criminal responsibility.
- •8. A notion, aims and types of the criminal penalties.
- •9. The circumstances, which mitigate criminal punishment:
- •10. The circumstances, which aggravate criminal punishment:
- •11. The special features of criminal responsibility for minors.
- •12. Amnesty and legislative pardon (legislative clemency).
12. Amnesty and legislative pardon (legislative clemency).
Amnesty is a humane act, which releases fully or partly from punishment the category of people. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine gives amnesty.
As usual, in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On application of amnesty in Ukraine” amnesty can not be applied to the especially dangerous recidivists and people convicted for especially grave crimes.
Legislative pardon (legislative clemency) is used only personally to the convict person on his or her request.
In accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine legislative pardon (legislative clemency) is carried out by the President of Ukraine.
In of accordance with the article 87 of the Criminal code of Ukraine the act about legislative pardon (legislative clemency) can replace punishment, which was appointed by a court from the type of life imprisonment to imprisonment for a period not less than 25 years.