Compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by illegal criminal prosecution: the use of evaluative concepts by the courts when determining its amount

Maria Savel&#039;eva

doi:10.35750/2071-8284-2022-2-75-83

UDC

347.5

VAK Russia

5.1.3

COMPENSATION FOR NON-PECUNIARY DAMAGE CAUSED BY ILLEGAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION: THE USE OF EVALUATIVE CONCEPTS BY THE COURTS WHEN DETERMINING ITS AMOUNT Compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by illegal criminal prosecution: the use of evaluative concepts by the courts when determining its amount

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Published in Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia · Pages 75–83 · Rubric: CIVIL LAW SCIENCES

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2022-2-75-83

Received: 17.04.2022 Accepted: 01.07.2022 Published: 01.07.2022 Language of publication: RUS

Authors

Maria Savel'eva

ORCID

Maria Savel'eva

Academic degree: candidate of jurisprudence sciences

Science rang: docent

Russian Federation

ORCID

ABSTRACT

Determination of the amount of compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by illegal actions during the inquiry, investigation, prosecution, and court proceedings is still a challenging task. Effective protection of civil rights by restoring justice for the suffering caused by unlawful prosecution allows you to secure the trust of citizens in the state. The object of the study is the criteria on the basis of which the court decides on the amount of compensation for non-pecuniary damage suffered as a result of illegal criminal prosecution. The research methodology composes of general scientific (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, generalization, comparison) and particular scientific (formal-legal and structuralfunctional) methods. The author used a systematic approach and a method of legal interpretation. The purpose of the study is to characterize the criteria used by the government agencies in determining the amount of compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by illegal actions. The author explores the use of the evaluative concepts of «reasonableness», «fairness», «proportionality», «reality» in law enforcement practice. The empirical base of the study consists of the decisions of the Russian district and appeal courts, as well as the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the European Court of Human Rights made in 2010-2021. An analysis of law enforcement practice on the considered topic allows to evaluate the influence of the human factor that reveals itself in the creative approach to determining the amount of compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by the illegal actions during the inquiry, investigation, prosecution, and court proceedings. The lack of the clear rules considering the compensation amount entails uncertainty in the emerging judicial practice which in its turn becomes increasingly regionally specific.

KEYWORDS

delicts, non-pecuniary damage compensation, evaluative concepts, reasonableness, justice, proportionality, reality

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Savel'eva M. V. Compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by illegal criminal prosecution: the use of evaluative concepts by the courts when determining its amount // . 2022. pp. 75-83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2022-2-75-83. (Date of access 19.08.2026).

MLA

Maria Savel'eva. "Compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by illegal criminal prosecution: the use of evaluative concepts by the courts when determining its amount." (2022): 75-83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2022-2-75-83.

APA

Savel'eva M. V. (2022). Compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by illegal criminal prosecution: the use of evaluative concepts by the courts when determining its amount. , 75-83. https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2022-2-75-83

Chicago

Maria Savel'eva. "Compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by illegal criminal prosecution: the use of evaluative concepts by the courts when determining its amount." , no. (2022): 75-83. https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2022-2-75-83.

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