The scientific heritage of academician V. V. Stashys in modern criminal law discourse

The article is devoted to the analysis of the scientific heritage of the outstanding Ukrainian criminalist academician V. V. Stashys in the context of modern criminal law discourse. First, a proposal is made to name the corresponding direction of scientific research “personal doctrinology” and then a personal-doctrinological approach is applied to the study of scientific ideas and proposals formulated by V. V. Stashys. In particular, his ideas, which were expressed by him during the work on the preparation of the drafts of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR of 1960 and the Criminal Code of Ukraine of 2001, are presented, it is shown how these ideas influenced the content of the mentioned criminal laws, as well as the practice of their application. In addition, the materials of scientific publications of V. V. Stashys are analyzed, primarily on the problems of the institution of punishment and the norms of criminal law on liability for criminal offenses against human life and health and in the sphere of economic activity. First of all, the ideas of the scientist on the formation of the system and individual types of punishments are shown, on the replacement of the death penalty with life imprisonment, on the transformation of the sub-institute of conditional conviction into the sub-institute of release from serving a sentence with probation, etc. Next, the ideas of V. V. Stashis on the norms of liability for qualified elements of intentional murder, as well as some other criminal offenses against human life and health are considered. Finally, his ideas on liability for criminal offenses in the field of economic activity are highlighted and their development in science to the present day is shown. Separate attention is paid to the issue of using the scientific achievements of Academician V. V. Stashis during the preparation of educational literature, as well as scientific and practical comments on the criminal legislation of Ukraine. It is stated that the scientist's creative heritage has become a timeless asset of legal science and is actively used not only for the further development of scientific research or in university teaching, but also in the practice of lawmaking, as well as in the practice of law enforcement.

criminal law, criminal offense, criminal liability, punishment, intentional homicide, criminal offenses in the field of economic activity, science of criminal law, personal doctrinology