METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW Pronina Maria Petrovna, PhD at laа, Мompetitor Пor НoМtor’s degree. <...> Place of study: Nizhniy Novgorod academy of MIA Russia. <...> E-mail: mpronina2010@mail.ru Annotation: The article is devoted to one of actual directions of jurisprudence associated with the methods of construction of the criminal law. <...> The article defines a variety of methods of legal technique used in the criminal law. <...> We can define two groups of techniques, determined by: 1) the degree of generalization of certain performances of the rule; 2) the manner of presentation of the rule elements. <...> Pay attention to the fact that the first group consists of two methods – abstract and casuistic ones, the second group consists of three methods – a direct one (simple and descriptive), a referential (reference) and a blanket one. <...> In addition, the process of constructing criminal law includes the same techniques, notes and definitions. <...> Статья посвящена одному из актуальных направлений юридической науки, связанного с приемами конструирования норм уголовного законодательства. <...> Выделяются две группы приемов, определяющихся: 1) степенью обобщения определенных показателей нормы;2) способом изложения элементов нормы! <...>