Problems of determination of age-related borders of criminal responsibility
The analysis of looks to reasons of establishment of lower limit of age of criminal responsibility existing in the theory of criminal law is conducted in the article (the causes of global-historical character; socio-legal nature; the reasons for characterizing intellectual and volitional properties of minors). After a historical comparative analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that a legislator did not have sufficient and valid reasons for setting the limit of criminal responsibility to the age of 14. The author’s own suggestions are brought on the change of statutory provisions about the age of criminal responsibility.