Vai un kā krimināltiesību doktrīna (krimināltiesību zinātne) ietekmē krimināltiesību normu jaunrades procesu un to interpretāciju

The article is devoted to the issue of the role of criminal law doctrine (science of criminal law) in the process of creation of criminal law norms and the use of this process in court practice. The purpose of the article is, firstly, to clarify the understanding of an auxiliary source of legal doctrine and difference from legal science, and, secondly, to identify the insights into use of criminal law doctrine in the course of improving the criminal law regulation in the interpretation and application of criminal law norms in court practice. The results of the research are based on the knowledge of legal theory, materials of the legislative process, jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Republic of Latvia, as well as the opinions of lawyers.