CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE IN THE PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD

Abstract

The emergence and formation of criminal law in the territory of Uzbekistan has a fairly ancient history, with one of the most significant and historical early stages being the Zoroastrian period1. This period in history is characterized by the development of a powerful civilization and the emergence of the first states, legal norms, and institutions. Nevertheless, at the stage of formation of legal norms and institutions, they objectively could not develop to the level of abstraction and formulation of legal definitions2. Therefore, specific definitions of types and institutions of crime and punishment did not yet exist. However, this did not prevent certain types of behavior from being recognized as crimes.