%0 Journal Article %T К вопросу о классификации источников современного английского уголовного права %A Голованова, Н.А. %K The article deals with the development of the English criminal law at the current stage, which can be characterized as a period of expansionism of criminal law in many European countries. It explores the following issues: the codification of criminal law, the ratio between primary and secondary legislation (statutory and regulatory), introducing criminal liability, the basic directions of development of criminal law - the removal of outdated rules, the establishment of new offenses, which have not been previously known to English law, increasing (hardening) penalties for certain crimes, as well as increasing the application of civil sanctions in addition to criminal penalties.On the example of the statutes which have come into force in recent years, the author demonstrates a legislative mechanism employed during the process of legislature – the use of codifying statute (mini-codes), non-criminal legal acts, special comprehensive laws on criminal justice, published periodically in the UK.Given that most of the crimes continues to be formed on the cumulative level of secondary legislation, the article analyzes this kind of acts, in particular in the field of migration policy, environmental protection and consumer protection. The article also examines the introduction civil sanctions for certain regulatory offences in the UK. %J Журнал российского права %D 2014 %N 2 %P 10 %I Юридическое издательство Норма