Общественный порядок как социальное благо, охраняемое от хулиганских посягательств уголовным законом Республики Армения

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the essence of public order as the object of legal protection against hooliganism. Public order as a complex differentiated category is formed from numerous volitional relationships between people in society being manifested in their behavior and actions as a result of their conscious activity. The state adopting certain laws exerts considerable influence on interpersonal relations monitoring their compliance and execution. Public order as the object of criminal legal protection from hooliganism is a complex socio-legal category based on the relations between members of society and their obedience to moral standards indicating the relevance of the topic of the article.
 The article examines the definition of the concept of «public order» expressed by the Court of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia, as well as views put forward in the legal literature of the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation. The concept of «public order» is considered in both broad and narrow meanings. 
 In addition, the problems of possible social regulators that determine the criteria for acceptable behavior of an individual within the framework of public order are discussed. In the field of constitutional and legal regulation, the currentle gislation of the Republic of Armenia on public order, in particular the legal acts defining the criteria for permissible behavior of an individual within the framework of public order, has been investigated. 
 As a result of the study, proposals to bring the concept of «public order» used in Article 258 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia into line with the principle of legal certainty were made.