The fundamentals of Criminal Law: a new direction of research (on the pages of the book by I. M. Ragimov “Crime and punishment in world religions. Historical, religious, legal and philosophical aspects. St. Petersburg: Association “Law Center”, 2023. – 303 pp.”)

The article reveals the views of the famous Russian and Azerbaijani legal scholar I. M. Ragimov on the role and importance of religion in the formation and evolution of the legal insti-tutions of crime and punishment as the fundamental principles of Criminal Law, legal, historical, religious and philosophical aspects of illegal behavior of people, the causes of crime and crimi-nality, the essence and social role punishments in world religions.