ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE THEORY OF PENAL ENFORCEMENT LAW IN THE DOCTRINE OF PUNISHMENT
The article reflects the theoretical views and assessments of the authors on the problems of the correlation of the theory of criminal and penal enforcement law on the role of punishment as a measure of state coercion and means of correction of convicts. In this study, an attempt is made to substantiate the importance of the theory of law, criminal law and the results of the process of codification of criminal legislation in Russia from the second half of the XIX century on the formation of modern criminal and penal enforcement legislation. Attention is also paid to the importance of Soviet jurisprudence and the practice of execution of criminal penalties on the development of the modern penal system. Attention is focused on the role and significance of the provisions of the Code of Penal and Correctional Punishments of 1845 and the doctrine of punishment on the formation of theoretical and regulatory foundations of correctional labor legislation in Russia during the Soviet period.