THE FORMATION OF SUBJECTIVE CRIMINAL LIABILITY PRECONDITIONS («CONTEMPORANEITY IS GROWING OUT OF THE PAST») Engelgardt Artur Avgustovich, PhD at Law. <...> Place of employment: National Research Universitв “The Higher SМhool of EМonomiМs”. <...> E-mail: aengelgardt@hse.ru Annotation: The article is devoted to theoretical and practical aspects of the consolidation in the norms of law as a sign of identity of circumstances, which are associated with the onset of criminal responsibility, the implementation of punishment and other measures of criminal law. <...> The format of this article did not allow to put the task of detailed analysis of this important legal phenomenon, referred to as subjective preconditions of criminal liability. <...> Its aim was rather to reflect the main directions of development and complexity of the relevant legal regulations with the help of general scientific methods of equiparation, description and historical analysis. <...> This is particularly evident in the area of so-called economic criminal law (Section 22 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) as an independent sub-branch. <...> The raising of the question is caused by necessity of adaptation the criminal law in the economic sphere to modern socio-economic processes. <...> В частности, в сфере так называемого экономического уголовного права (глава 22 УК РФ) как самостоятельной подотрасли. <...>