A Criminal-Procedural Form: Essence, Problems, Trends and Prospects of Development

The paper is devoted to the most general issues of theory and legislative regulation of the criminalprocedural form—the necessary attribute of proceedings in a criminal case. On the basis of a procedural understanding of the criminal-procedural form, distinguishing it from formalism as a negative phenomenon in law enforcement practice, the author concludes that the criminal-procedural form serves a high purpose predetermined by a set of legal guarantees ensuring the effectiveness and high quality of criminal case results. At the same time, the author considers the most important legal properties of the criminal-procedural form: unity, universality, obligatory nature. The author also analyzes related problems arising in lawmaking and in the activities of the preliminary investigation bodies, the prosecutor’s office, the court, the bar and other persons involved in criminal proceedings. The results of the study allowed the author to give his own definition of the criminal-procedural form, determine the main tendencies and outline the prospects for its further development in the context of finding a reasonable balance between the public interests of the society and the state, on the one hand, and the rights of an individual, on the other.

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