CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS TO LIFE AND HEALTH
The article substantiates the urgency of the problem of civil-law protection of life and health of citizens. The author comes to the conclusion that the damages and compensation for moral damages for causing harm to life and health associated with the implementation of the principle of justice is the purpose of bringing to civil liability. Obligations, owing to infliction of harm of life and health of citizens fulfill three functions: compensation; preventive; punitive, while the main one is the compensation function.