The article deals with the problems of differentiation between two forms of legal liability – termination and release, entailing the termination of a legal relationship. The points of view of specialists in the field of the theory of law, administrative and criminal law, who devoted their works to the implementation of legal responsibility, are analyzed. Legal facts that can serve as a basis for both termination of legal liability and exemption from it are considered. The author's definition of legal responsibility is proposed and, in particular, the concept of administrative and criminal liability is given, while attention is focused on differentiation of the following concepts: termination of liability, exemption from liability, termination of criminal prosecution and termination of criminal proceedings.
legal liability, termination of legal liability, exemption from legal liability, termination of legal relation-ship, termination of criminal prosecution
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