%0 Journal Article %T The necessary defense and excess of its limits: legislative improvement opportunities %A Nikulenko, A.V. %A Smirnov, M.A. %K circumstances excluding criminality of act, necessary defense, excess of limits of necessary defense, the criminal code of the Russian Federation, Plenum of the Supreme Court of 27.09.2012 № 19 «About application by courts of legislation on necessary defense and infliction of harm during the arrest of the perpetrator of the crime» %J Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia %D 2020 %N 2020 %P 6 %I SAINT-PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION