This edition includes selected works by A. E. Zhalinsky, a well-known researcher in the field of theoretical problems of criminal law and criminology, sociology of law, comparative law and foreign criminal law and criminology . On this topic he wrote more than 350 scientific papers, including monographs published in academic and professional journals in Russia and abroad. Many of his works, as well as the ideas put forward and substantiated, played a significant role in the development of science. Volume 2 includes some of the works of A. E. Jalinsky on the methodology of criminal law, the functions of criminal law, crime and punishment. Also presented are some samples of his comments on articles and chapters of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation .. And, of course, a special place in volume 2 is devoted to research on the interaction of criminal law and economics. For specialists in the field of criminology , Criminal Law and Sociology of Law Practitioners and Scholars , High School Teachers , Post-graduate students , students and all those interested in the history of legal and criminological thought , Objectives , by , the achievements and miscalculations of the fight against crime in our country.