LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITION OF NORMS OF THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL PARTS OF THE CRIMINAL CODE
Keywords:
competition of norms, general norm, special norm, qualification of crimes, elements of a crime, complicity, incomplete crime, Criminal CodeAbstract
This article examines one of the pressing issues of criminal law — the competition of norms of the General and Special Parts of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, analyzed from both scientific-theoretical and practical perspectives. The study reveals the concept of competition between general and special norms, its distinction from the totality of crimes, and its significance in law enforcement practice. Based on the articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, with illustrative examples, the cases of norm competition arising from the main elements of a criminal offense — the object, objective side, subjective side, and subject — are demonstrated. In addition, the issue of competition between norms on incomplete crimes, forms of complicity, and offenses established as independent crimes in the Special Part, and the norms of the General Part, is also addressed. Foreign legislative experience has been studied in a comparative perspective, particularly the criminal codes of Spain, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Kazakhstan. The current resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan have been analyzed, and the principle of the priority of the special norm over the general norm has been substantiated. The findings of the article may be applied in the practice of qualifying crimes, in the work of judicial and investigative bodies, as well as in the teaching of criminal law.
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