THE PRINCIPLE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR GUILT IN CRIMINAL LAW

Abstract

The issues of the importance of guilt in criminal prosecution of individuals who commit crimes are studied in the article. The author, based on an analysis of foreign experience, suggested that in appointment of criminal punishment for a crime, it is necessary to take into account not only the presence of guilt, but also the factors that led to the formation of the behavior of the perpetrator of the crime that prompted him to commit the crime. In the article, the author also concluded that it is impossible to introduce the criminal responsibility of legal entities in the criminal legislation of Uzbekistan due to the inability to prove the existence of the guilt in the criminal responsibility of legal entities.