GENERAL THEORETICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL-LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE RETROACTIVE EFFECT OF THE LAW

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the phenomenon of the retroactive effect of the law in the context of a more general problem - the effect of the law in time. Actively using the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the norms of sectoral legislation, the author offers the most general conceptual approaches to understanding the retroactive effect of the law. According to the author, the most relevant area of application of the retroactive force of the law is the sphere of interaction between the citizen and the state. The author also concludes that there is a need for detailed legislative regulation of the relevant sphere of relations, due to the particular importance of this problem in the context of building a rule of law state, the stability of the legal system of which provides the necessary level of citizens' confidence in the state as a whole.