Tserunyan V.A. Criminal law problems of a short-form pre-trial procedure

Abstract: The research subject is the range of legal and procedural problems of implementing a short-form pre-trial procedure. The author analyzes a short-form pre-trial procedure. The topicality of this issue is conditioned by the practice of implementing a short-term pre-trial procedure. The author supposes that this process violates the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Criminal Procedural Code. A short-form pre-trial procedure is provided by the regulations of the criminal procedural law prescribing to execute legal proceedings on the base of the principle of equality and competitiveness. The research methodology comprises the modern achievements of epistemology. The author applies general philosophical and theoretical methods (dialectics, the system method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, and modeling), traditional legal methods (formal logical), and the methods of specific sociological studies (statistical, expert assessments, etc.). The author concludes that at present, in order to improve the procedural provision of pre-trial restrictions. The author attempts to analyze the parity of sides in the process of considering the petition for the preventive measure. The analysis is based on the logical, empirical, technical, formal-abstract and other methods of scientific cognition. The author formulates the conclusions which are necessary for the further study of this issue. The author’s suggestions are suitable for amending the provisions of the criminal procedural law regulating this form of relations, thus promoting the formation of confidence in the institution of a short-form pre-trial procedure. 

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