Structuralism and the Structure of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of 1996

The article is devoted to the analysis of the evolution and perfection of the structure of the current Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in the light of the system-structural approach, using the dichotomous pairs “law” and “law”, “system” and “structure”. The author shows and evaluates the most important structural transformations in the domestic criminal legislation, identifies adaptive and homeostasis norms in the structure of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, justifies the usefulness of using the structuring index to achieve optimal harmony of the text of the criminal law.