Kudryavtseva A.V. On the scientific school of the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of South Ural State University

Abstract: The author of the article notices the absence of requirements to the criteria of the term ‘scientific school’; substantiates the necessity to develop such criteria and offers her solution of this problem. Applying her positions to the work of the Department of Criminal Procedure of South Ural State University, the author comes to the conclusion that there are all reasons to recognize the existence of the scientific school in the speciality 12.00.09 – Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics in South Ural State University. The author applies general philosophical methods (dialectics, the systems method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), legal methods (formal-logical) and the methods of special sociological researches (statistical methods, expert assessments, etc.). The efficiency of the work of the department, based on the traditions of the scientific school introduced by Professor Livshits, is proved by the experience of the scientific work, the work of lecturers and students, the defense of 150 dissertation researches, by the victories of the students in scientific competitions, cooperation with the leading departments of criminal procedure in Russia, by the permanent progressive development of the Department in spite of the circumstances, and by the interesting and original topics of the research. 

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