Competitiveness as a principle of criminal and executive law

Abstract

The article examines the content and certain essential aspects of the principle of competition in the field of criminal and executive law. It is emphasized that this principle is interdisciplinary and characteristic of both the sphere of public legal relations and the sphere of private law. It is noted that competition as a legal basis is mandatory for all procedural branches of law, be it criminal procedural law, civil procedural law, commercial law, administrative law, etc. Attention is focused on the fact that most of the theoretical concepts of determining the principle of competitiveness in the field of public-legal relations are based on the achievements of scientists in the field of criminal procedural law. It is noted that this fact is quite logical, since in the field of criminal proceedings, especially in the judicial stages of its implementation, a classic adversarial process takes place between the parties to the proceedings, who implement the opposite procedural functions of prosecution and defense. It is emphasized that for the field of criminal enforcement law, it is appropriate to use approaches for determining adversariality in the field of criminal proceedings, but with certain essential differences. It is noted that the parties to the proceedings as an element of the reflection of competition in criminal enforcement law differ from the definition of the parties in the criminal process. It is indicated that the classic confrontation between the prosecution and the defense, which is natural for the criminal process, is absent in criminal executive law. It is emphasized that the determination of the parties as an integral element of competitiveness in criminal executive law should take into account the existing opposing interests in this field of law, such as public and personal interests. It is noted that the public interest in the field of criminal executive law is defended by state representatives, that is, officials of bodies and institutions for the execution of punishments, as well as the prosecutor, who performs the function of supervising the observance of legality during the execution of sentences, as well as applying other coercive measures related to the restriction of personal freedom of citizens. Personal interest, under such conditions, is defended by the convict and his representatives.