Abstract
Philosophy serves as a scientific basis for the study of specific problems of other sciences, including law. The article substantiates the need for an integrative and at the same time in-depth philosophical approach to the study of crime and punishment in order to reveal their philosophical essence. The article argues that the root cause of Criminal Law is crime and punishment, and it is these concepts that are the subject of knowledge and comprehension of philosophical thought. Philosophy does not have Criminal Law as its subject of knowledge, since it is not the first cause and the first foundation.