On Specification of Criminal Law Provisions Based on an Example of Environmental Crimes

The work is devoted to the study of such a kind of judicial lawmaking as concretization. At the same time, the conclusion is substantiated that the specification of criminal law norms with the help of decisions and resolutions of the highest judicial authorities, as well as resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation, can be considered as a method of criminal policy. It is proposed to introduce such a concept as "plenumization" into scientific circulation. Examples are given of how plenumization has evolved, been implemented in the past and is currently being implemented in relation to environmental crimes. A comparative retrospective analysis of the provisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR and the Russian Federation on environmental crimes is carried out.