Basis of criminal liability for an uncompleted crime
The article addresses the basis of the criminal responsibility for an uncompleted crime (preparation for a crime and an attempted crime). Three theories (incomplete grounds, general grounds, just cause grounds) which validate responsibility for an uncompleted crime under Criminal Code of Russia have been analyzed. Arguments are given to prove that the grounds of criminal responsibility for preparation for a crime and an attempted crime consist in commission of an act containing all the indicia of the constituent element of a crime provided for by the Criminal Code. Another thesis is that the indicia of the constituent element of an uncompleted crime is settled by provisions not only in General part of the Criminal Code, but in Special Part as well.