ABBREVIATED INQUIRY: DOES THE PROCEDURE COMPLY WITH THE PURPOSE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE?


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In the article the issue on effectiveness of new criminal procedure form introduced by the Federal Law from 04.03.2013, no. 23-FZ – abbreviated inquiry is viewed. According to the opinion of authors, effectiveness of any procedure is determined by its ability to reach the purpose of criminal proceeding, stipulated in section 6 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. Analysis of the grounds, conditions, procedures of an abbreviated inquiry, rules of evidence used in this form of justice, allows authors to draw a conclusion about non-compliance of the procedure of abbreviated inquiry procedure with the criteria of effective judicial procedure, and hence the inability of this procedure of the defense of rights of parties to a trial. In this regard, the authors put forward a number of proposals on improving the procedure of abbreviated inquiry.

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Yu. V. Kuvaldina

Samara State University

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Email: morenov.sv@ssau.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1825-0097
Russian Federation

V. A. Lazareva

Samara State University

Email: morenov.sv@ssau.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1825-0097
Russian Federation

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