Nos S. Criminal liability of the judge (judges) for delivering knowingly unfair sentence, judgment, ruling or order

The paper provides system-based analysis of the issue of criminal liability for delivering knowingly unfair sentence, judgment, ruling or order by the judge (judges) based on the study of academic literature, legislative acts, other regulations, and case law. Justice should be considered as the generic object of the criminal offence under study; the main direct object is justice with regard to ensuring the right to fair judgment in court; the subject is any court judgment including conclusions and judgments of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Objectively, the criminal offence covered by paragraph 1, Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is a formally defined crime, while the criminal offence covered by paragraph 2, Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is a materially defined crime as it necessarily causes heavy consequences. The judges of the Courts of General Jurisdiction, the judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the jury may be the subjects of the criminal offence under Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. From the subjective aspect, this act is done exclusively willfully and knowingly. Suggestions for improving the content of Art. 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine have been made, as well as the need to supplement the Criminal Code of Ukraine with the Art. 375-1 "Knowingly unlawful judgment delivered by an arbitrator (arbitrators)" has been pointed out.