CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN CRIMINAL LEGAL DOCTRINE OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TIMES
The article deals with criminal law concepts of ancient and medieval times, which constitute not only the foundation of modern criminal law theory, but, and often serve as a guide for the legislator and reliable benchmark for the law enforcer. From a cognitive point of view of studying the evolution of the criminal-legal ideas is interesting because in the process of development of the law is reflected, and sometimes binding, state-legal ideology, typical of a historical period. It is shown that the study of criminal law ideas of ancient and medieval times is the key to understanding the essence of criminal law virtually any state.