Sanctions and punishments for crimes against the person in the Criminal Code of France

F.B. Muljukov^*, A.G. Ibragimov^**

Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008 Russia

E-mail: ^*Farhad.Muljukov@kpfu.ru, ^**AGIbragimov@kpfu.ru

Received January 17, 2020

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DOI: 10.26907/2541-7738.2020.2.201-213

For citation: Muljukov F.B., Ibragimov A.G. Sanctions and punishments for crimes against the person in the Criminal Code of France. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki, 2020, vol. 162, no. 2, pp. 201–213. doi: 10.26907/2541-7738.2020.2.201-213. (In Russian)

Abstract

The norms of the Criminal Code of France establishing penalties for crimes and misconduct against the person were compared with similar norms in the criminal law of some other states (Holland, Lithuania, Moldova, German Federal Republic, Sweden, Estonia, and Japan). Different types of sanctions were investigated. The analysis demonstrates that the Criminal Code of France prescribes heavier penalties for murder (in the form of imprisonment for a certain period) and penalizes legal entities for certain crimes against the person in contrast to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The following suggestions were made: to include another goal of punishment in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – re-socialization of the convicted person to prevent them from committing new crimes; to emulate the experiences of the criminal law of France and some modern foreign countries; to include defamation into the list of crime elements provided in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in order to fully protect the privacy, honor, and dignity of a person. The study also substantiates the proposals to recognize legal entities as the subjects of certain crimes against the person in the criminal law of Russia, following the example of foreign states. It was also argued that the fine amount should be a fixed amount of money (as in France and some other states) rather than a multiple of the minimum monthly wage established by the Russian federal law.

Keywords: Criminal Code, France, personality, state, crimes, responsibility, punishment, sanctions and their types, legal entity

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