THE SYSTEM OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER UNDER THE RUSSIAN MID-19TH CENTURY LEGISLATION
The article examines the problem of comprehension and types of crimes against public order in the Russian legislation in the middle of the 19th century. The author analyzes the provisions of the Laws of the Russian Empire in 1832 and the Penal Code of 1845, discusses the legal nature of these crimes and their evaluation in scientific literature. It has been revealed that the increasing number of crimes against public order in the mid-19th century was triggered by “lowering the threshold of crime” in standard acts and regulations as a result of the authorities striving to prevent the slightest anti-government offences.