Socio-economic and regulatory factors of establishing criminal liability for infringement of Cultural Property

• Main Authors: Вікторія Володимирівна Базелюк, Олександра Сергіївна Витвіцька
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University 2017-06-01
• Series: Проблеми Законності
• Subjects: socio-economic factors; normative factors; criminal responsibility; cultural values; objects of the archaeological and cultural heritage; illegal archaeological excavations
• Online Access: http://plaw.nlu.edu.ua/article/view/102701

The article investigates the social, economic and regulatory factors establishing criminal responsibility for attacks on cultural values. Socio-economic factors to establish criminal liability for acts under Art. 298 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine expressed the need for social and political expediency of establishing such liability. Archaeological and cultural heritage plays an important role in society. It affects the development of science, art, economy and other spheres of social life. But the preservation and maintenance of the monuments of culture and architecture society requires constant attention and considerable resources. Regulatory factors establishing criminal responsibility for attacks on cultural values represent a system of legal acts regulating social relations in the sphere of archaeological and cultural heritage. The main such regulations is the Constitution of Ukraine, international treaties ratified by the Parliament of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine in the field of cultural values.