Juridicheskiy vestnik Samarskogo universiteta Juridical Journal of Samara UniversityJuridicheskiy vestnik Samarskogo universiteta Juridical Journal of Samara University2542-047X2782-2990Samara National Research University491510.18287/2542-047X-2015-1-2-96-101UnknownREGULATORY FUNCTION OF SYSTEM SAVING MECHANISM IN RUSSIAN CRIMINAL LAWDenisovaA. V.morenov.sv@ssau.ruSamara State University3006201512961013006201730062017Copyright © 2015, Denisova A.V.2015<p>The article deals with the analysis of regulatory function ofsystem saving mechanism in the branch of criminal law that isconcluded in organizing criminal-legal relations, giving the requiredlevel of plasticity to existing criminal law norms and institutions,establishing hierarchy of branchs formal legal sources. Theknowledge of this function is a prerequisite for understanding andexplanation of structure and action of system saving mechanismin Russian criminal law.</p>системность, правовая система, системо-сохраняющий механизм, отрасль уголовного права, уголовно-правовые презумпции, фикции, преюдиции, правоположения.systematicity, legal system, system saving mechanism, branch of criminal law, criminal and legal presumptions, fictions, prejudices, legal provisions.[1. Babaev V.K. Presumptions in the Soviet law. Gor’ky, 1974, 124 p. [in Russian].][2. Zuev Yu.G. Criminal and legal presumptions: notion, characteristics, types in Problems of legal technique. V.M. Baranov (Ed.). N. Novgorod, 2000, p. 334–338 [in Russian].][3. Decision of the judicial board on the affairs of military personnel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 7 August, 2014 № 205-APU14-6. Biulleten’ Verkhovnogo Suda RF [Bulletin of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation], 2015, no. 1, p. 16 [in Russian].][4. Information on results of the summary of practice of supervision (the cassation procedure) of complaints and representations in criminal cases received in the second half of 2013. Website of the Samara Regional Court. Retrieved from: http://oblsud.sam.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=docum_sud&id=336 (accessed 20.04.2015) [in Russian].][5. The verdict of the judge of judicial district № 152 of Odintsovo district of the Moscow Region dated 03.12.2013. Access from legal reference system «ConsultantPlus». Retrieved from: http:// base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=SOJ;n=712341 (accessed 20.04.2015)][[in Russian].][6. Alekseev S.S. Problems of the theory of law. Course of lectures. In 2 Vols. Vol. 2. Sverdlovsk, 1972, 401 p. [in Russian].][7. Vlasenko N.A. Conflict rules in Soviet law. Irkutsk, 1984, 100 p. [in Russian].][8. Cassational ruling of the Judicial Board on Criminal Cases of Tambov Regional Court dated 13.11.2011. [Sudebnye resheniia.RF: common database of decisions of the courts of general jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. Retrieved from: http://судебныерешения.рф/bsr/case/][78893 (accessed 20.04.2015) [in Russian].][9. Cassational ruling of the Judicial Board on Criminal Cases of the Ul’yanovsk Regional Court dated 03.03.2010. Website of the Ul’yanovsk Regional Court. Retrieved from: http:// uloblsud.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=192&Itemid=63 (accessed 20.04.2015) [in Russian].][10. A review of the court practice of parole approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 29 April, 2014. Biulleten’ Verkhovnogo Suda RF [Bulletin of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation], 2014, no. 8, pp. 2–9 [in Russian].]