THE COMPOZITION OF CRIMINAL LAW NORMS OF COMMON AND SPECIFIC PARTS OF LEGISLATION OF UKRAINE, LATVIA AND BULGARIA Petrushenkov Aleksadr Nikolaevich, PhD in Law. <...> Place of employment: Russian Academy of national economy and state service under the President of the Russian Federation. <...> E-mail: sekret-005@mail.ru Annotation: In this research the system of criminal law norms of Ukraine, Latvia and Bulgaria is observed; comparative analysis of articles of common and specific parts is given; fundamental contradictions between common and specific criminal law norms are determined; the solvation of these contradictions is proposed. <...> The conclusion about the efficiency the reception of certain provisions of legislation of Ukraine, Latvia and Bulgaria during the codification of the national criminal law is given. <...> Ref.: Criminal code of Ukraine: scientific and practical commentary / Edited by E.L. Streltsov F.I. The fourth edition revised and enlarged. – KСКrФov: Co. LtН. «OНвssОв», 2007 – 872 p. 2. <...> Ref.: Criminal law of Latvian Republic / adapted translation from Latvian, edited by and opening issue by A.I. Lukashov and E.A. Sarkisova. – MТnsФ: «TОsОТ», 1999. – 176 p. 3. <...>