The model of proceedings in the court of first instance in the criminal procedure doctrine of Russia
The relevance of the study of proceedings in the court of first instance is determined by the need to build its model in the conditions of public and adversarial criminal proceedings, the purpose of which is to protect human rights. The criminal procedural norms regulating the resolution of a criminal ...
Interim decisions in criminal proceedings of the court of first instance
The relevance of the study of interim decisions in proceedings before courts of first instance is due, first, to their diversity; second, to their legal value and significance for the progress of a criminal case during the consideration and resolution of a criminal-law dispute on the merits; and third, by the fragmented ...
A reasonable period of trial in a criminal case
The analysis of the concept of a reasonable timeframe for court proceedings is a pressing issue in the current stage of the development of criminal procedure in Russia. Several international mechanisms for protecting individual rights in the sphere of criminal proceedings, including those for contesting reasonable ...
Abolition of Courts of Conscience in the Russian Empire: general provisions (1828—1866)
Based on a wide range of unpublished archival sources, the process of abolishing courts of conscience in the Russian Empire between 1828 and 1866 is analyzed. The mass abolition of courts of conscience dates to 1852, when, following all regulatory procedures, 18 courts of conscience were closed. At the same time, the positions of ...