History of the development of the institute of necessary defense in the pre-soviet period
Purpose: the article examines the Institute of necessary defense - the oldest institution of criminal law, which is mentioned in the first Russian-Byzantine treaties of the X century and was formed in the most General terms by the beginning of the XX century. The relevance of this topic is shown in the fact that a person is subject to criminal responsibility and punishment. But at the same time, the state at various stages of its development provides for circumstances in accordance with which the person is not subject to punishment, and one of these is the necessary defense. The purpose of this work is to study the history of the formation of the Institute of necessary defense in the pre-Soviet period. Methodology: General scientific and special methods were used when writing the article. The General scientific methods that formed the methodological basis of the work include dialectical, historical, and system-structural methods. Among the special methods, formal legal and comparative legal methods were used. Results and Novelty / originality/value: the Theoretical basis of the research is determined by the selection and study, within the framework of the stated topic, of regulatory and legal sources, as well as scientific works of scientists. The development of the research Institute in Russia has undergone a very difficult fate, and the idea of the role of necessary defense in society has also changed.