The influence of religion on the norms of criminal law and process: an international-comparative study

Keywords: religion, religious norms, law, criminal law, criminal procedure.

Abstract

Criminal law and process play a significant role in regulating public relations. It is expedient to study it in terms of the influence of religion in different legal systems, as religious norms are the broader regulators of public life. The study of the religious aspect of the formation and functioning of criminal law and criminal procedure relations in different countries is an open question that needs further consideration, as well as prospects for the development of legal institutions based on religious influence. The purpose of the research is to analyze and reflect the impact of religion on the rules of criminal law and process in a comparative international context. The subject of the research is religion and criminal law and process as interdependent phenomena, international comparative study of the influence of religion on the formation of criminal law and process. As a result of the study the mutual influence of law and religion was revealed, the influence of religion on the norms of criminal law and process in different countries was analyzed, it was determined that the religious legal system is most permeated by religious norms in comparison with the legal systems of European countries.

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Author Biographies

Vitalii Gatseliuk, Institute of State and Law named after V.M. Koretsky NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Ph.D., Senior Researcher of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Judiciary of the Institute of State and Law named after V.M. Koretsky NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Lesia Strelbitska, National University of Ostroh Academy, Ukraine.

Ph. D., Senior Lecturer of Departments of state-legal disciplines of National University of Ostroh Academy, Ukraine.

Oleh Herasymchuk, National University Ostroh Academy, Ukraine.

Ph. D., National University Ostroh Academy, Ukraine.

Andriy Pavlyshyn, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine.

Ph.D., Associate Professor of Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine.

Valeriia Khrystiuk, Kherson State University, Ukraine.

Ph.D. candidate of the Department of Branch Law of Kherson State University, Ukraine.

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Published
2021-07-30
How to Cite
Gatseliuk, V., Strelbitska, L., Herasymchuk, O., Pavlyshyn, A., & Khrystiuk, V. (2021). The influence of religion on the norms of criminal law and process: an international-comparative study. Amazonia Investiga, 10(42), 226-235. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2021.42.06.21
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