Sourses of Criminal Law of some European Countries and Rules for the Application of Criminal Law in Time

This article discusses the sources of criminal law in some European countries and the rules of timely application of criminal law. Study of different areas of law, legal institutions and legal norms in a legal system will help to find a solution to such issues that legal science and the legislature had to decide in particular issues related to the temporal application of criminal law. According to the Article 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan the criminal legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan is based on the Constitution and generally recognized norms of international law and consists of this Code[1]. From this it is clear that the only source of criminal law is the criminal code.