Relations of psychology and criminal law in expert judgments

On the example of judicial-psychological expertise there are emphasized the importance of scientific autonomy of juridical psychology (its ability to enrich the theory of general psychology) and adequacy to apply its elaborations in lawmaking. The mechanism of emotional regulaton is proposed and the articles of previous and new criminal codes related to "emotional crimes" are analyzed. There are also considered the relations of juridical, psychological and expert psychological terms such as "strong and sudden emotion", "affect", "emotional state", "emotional state with juridical significance"; the term "ability of juridical significance" is advanced. The conclusion is made that the "emotional state with juridical significance" is the extremely generalized notion of judicial-psychological expertise and it has special sets of essential notes in different law contexts.