Social Demand for Criminal Law Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage as a Factor Affecting the Criminal Law Policy in the Mentioned Sphere

The article is devoted to the social demand for criminal law protection of historical and cultural heritage, which, in systemic unity with other factors listed in the publication, has had and continues to have a direct impact on criminal law policy in this area. When revealing the content side of social demand, the author suggests using the term historical and cultural complementarity. Thanks to him, a social assessment of existing criminal law prohibitions can be given, the contradictory attitude of the law enforcement officer to the protection of historical and cultural monuments and cultural values can be explained. Using the example of criminalization of illegal search and seizure of archaeological objects from places of occurrence (art. 2432 of the Criminal code), attention is drawn to the lack of social demand for legal regulation of the activities of persons using special technical search tools (metal detectors) and engaged in illegal search for archaeological objects.