Stages of crime in the history of criminal Law Ukraine

The article attempts to analyze the stages of the crime in the history of Ukraine criminal legislation. The points of view of individual authors on the issue under study are given, as well as the author's own vision of the problem is shown. The study of the development of criminal law and legislation makes it possible to warn against new errors in the application of legal norms. The accumulated historical experience is important for modern researchers, legislators and practicing lawyers to take into account. That is why the controversial issues about the stage of the crime, which require further study and finding the best solutions are relevant in the historical context. Based on the insufficiency of the chosen topic, the purpose of the article is to determine the formation and historical development of the regulation of the institution of the stages of committing a crime. Having investigated the development of the Institute of stages of committing a crime, it is possible to identify the stages of its formation. The first stage is the period of the birth of this institution in the text of the "Russian Truth" and its further development up to the time of the Sudebnik of 1497 and 1550 years In literature there is no direct fastening of the stages of Commission of crime, however these rules, which allow a conditionally divided into two stages: attempted and completed crime. The second stage begins with the adoption of the Cathedral Code of 1649. At this stage, the legislator identifies three stages of committing a crime-intent, attempt, completed crime. The Cathedral Code of 1649 distinguishes punishments depending on the stage of the crime. The third stage is the period of validity Of the article of Military 1715. the Legislator distinguishes two stages-attempt and the finished crime, thus punishment for this or that stage practically do not differ, that is attempt at a crime was punished as a crime. The fourth stage covers the period from the adoption of the Code of 1845 to the first decrees of the Soviet power, relating to 1918. There is a clear legislative regulation of all stages of the crime; there are new-previously unknown stages; punishment is differentiated depending on the stage of the crime. In the Soviet period, the Institute continued its development, namely: there are new stages of committing a crime, there is a significant clarification of the signs of a particular stage. This period was characterized by increased repression, but it was during the Soviet period that the legal regulation of the institution of unfinished crime underwent significant development. Legal regulation of responsibility for an unfinished crime has passed a significant way of development. The development of the studied Institute changed taking into account the social structure in the state. A separate stage in the development of legislation on liability for an unfinished crime should be considered the Soviet era.