The Code of Criminal and Correctional Punishments: a reflection of the state will and scientific thought (on the 180th anniversary of its adoption)

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On August 15, 1845, Emperor Nicholas I approved the Code of Criminal and Correctional Punishments, which was in force for 71 years, and for 14 years in parallel with the 1903 Penal Code (for a longer period, only the Constitutional Code remained in force – 196 years). The article shows the preparatory work that preceded the creation of the Penal Code, and presents the projects of M. M. Speransky, P. I. Degay, and D. N. Bludov. The author gives a general description of the adopted law, which was formed for the first time in the legislative practice of Russia according to the pundect principle, defines the legal nature, reveals the relationship with the Code of Laws of the Russian Empire, reflects its assessment in the doctrine of Criminal Law.

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Alexander I. Chuchaev

Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: moksha1@rambler.ru

Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Head of the Sector of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology

Russian Federation, 10, Znamenka St., Moscow, 119019

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