HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTREME NECESSITY AS A CIRCUMSTANCE PRECLUDING THE CRIMINALITY OF AN ACT

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the historical development of extreme necessity as an institution of criminal law. The authors examines the peculiar views of Roman jurists on the possibility of exemption from criminal liability in connection with injury to the state of emergency, the specifics of medieval canon law, assessment of Russian lawyers of the institute of extreme necessity. Conclusions about the peculiarities of the evolution of the norms of extreme necessity in criminal legislation on the basis of a retrospective analysis of the sources of criminal law are made.