Systematicity as a Way to Internationalize the Direction of Criminal Law in Russia

Abstract

The paper provides the rationale for systematicity of phenomena (processes) that serves (can serve) as a way to internationalize the direction of criminal law in Russia. The research methodology includes using historical, sociological, axiological, and logical methods of comparative legal studies that allows expanding the subject matter of research significantly. However, due to the specificity of the research, structured system analysis and functional analysis are used as the main methods. The accomplishment of the objectives set by the authors allowed them to be convinced that the internationalization of Russian law (just like the law of any other country) is not only possible but necessary in a number of cases. This fact is substantiated by the multipolar world order that also reigns in the criminal world, where the development vector has rapidly changed from unipolar to multipolar in the context of recent events. Internationalization of the measures countering such crimes as, for instance, illegal traffic, slave traffic, kidnapping, acts of terrorism, etc. can be taken as an example. Countering any of these crimes as well as any other similar crimes is more than one country can manage, particularly, when the country is less developed or dependent. In this context, efficacy can only be achieved through consolidated and highly organized unity of many countries, which in turn, is impossible without proper international efforts of many countries of the world or – in many cases – of their majority.