Correlation of the Concepts "Crime" and "Corpus Delicti"
The definitions of the concept “crime” consolidated in the national legislative acts and in the theory of criminal law are under study. It is proved that a crime is an actually committed act. The author considers the different content of the concept “corpus delicti” developed by legal scholars and states that it is a theoretical abstraction. Comparing the features of a crime and features of elements of corpus delicti the author makes distinction between a crime and corpus delicti. The meaning of corpus delicti is revealed for classifying. The author develops his own definition of corpus delicti based on the crucially new approach through category of “criminal law assessment”. The correlation of the content of concepts “crime” and “corpus delicti” is focused on.