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Abstract

The issue of the genesis of criminal liability for interfering in the activities of a statesman in Ukraine is considered. At the beginning the author carries out the analysis of the latest research works on the theme and deals with the fact that the question examined has not been included in publications before. Undoubtedly, the criminal liability for interfering statesman’s activity cannot be analysed without studying the historical dimension of its evolution. The historical sources of criminal law in the Ukrainian territories are mentioned. During different historical periods the Ukrainian territories were under the rule of various states which enforced different legislative acts. The author dwells on the most significant historical sources of criminal law which have had implications for modern national law of Ukraine. The perception of the criminal liability for interfering statesman’s activity in each case is explained. The review begins with the analysis of a Code of Laws of the Old Rus' State – Rus' Justicecreated on the initiative of Yaroslav the Wise. The author analyses the Statutes of Lithuania, originally known as the Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Code of criminal and corrective penalties of Russia and the Soviet criminal law. The evolution of criminal liability for interfering in the activities of a statesman in modern Ukrainian criminal law has led to amendments to the Criminal Code, which are listed and commented on in the article. Summing up, the author proposes a periodization divided into 4 phases of the genesis of criminal liability for interfering in the activities of a statesman in Ukraine

Keywords: criminal liability, history of criminal law, statesman, interference in activity

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