abstract: The article considers causal and other connections essential and its significance for solving criminal law issues.The emphasis on the causal approach is carried out at the methodological level of research that is the basic concepts of cause and condition, system, structure, etc. are considered.The author draws attention to the fact that in addition to the cause, which has legal criminal significance, it is necessary to consider such elements of the causal complex as conditions, reasons, incentiv
journal: Baltic Journal of Legal and Social Sciences