Babanina V. Criminal legislation of Ukraine: mechanism of creation and realization

An efficient cohesive mechanism of creation and realization of criminal legislation of Ukraine has been developed in this dissertation. Suggestions to improve the procedure of origination of criminal legislation of Ukraine and practice of its realization have been formulated. It has been argued that criminal legislation of Ukraine’s most prominent changes are related to state system, political regime and economical formation perturbations which impinged lawmaking techniques, orientation of criminal legal protection, implementation of legislation etc. Namely the doctrine of codification was accepted as the basis of development of criminal legislation being in force in Ukraine’s territory. Scientific views of understanding of such key definitions as law, criminal law, criminal legislative act, and criminal legislation have been improved.