JUSTICE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE JUDGEMENT OF COURT


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A category of justice in criminal proceedings is described. The aim of this article is to study justice as the verdict requirements established in article 297 of the Ñode of Criminal Procedure. To achieve the said objective analysis of norms of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Criminal Code, the Penal Enforcement Code of the Russian Federation, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well as the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation is carried out. The article deals with the problem of divergence in interpretations of the principle of fairness in criminal and criminal procedure law demonstrates understanding of Justice in international law. The author concludes that the principle of justice enshrined in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation cannot be applied in criminal proceedings to the same extent. Fairness in the criminal process is much wider. The author believes that
the fair is the sentence that is decreed in accordance with the requirements of the law of criminal procedure and is based on the correct application of the criminal law. The views of the author are supported by statements of well-known scientists, researchers in the criminal process. In conclusion the conclusion about necessity of fixing the code of criminal procedure of the Russian Federation is made. A broad interpretation of Justice as a set of procedural safeguards for persons involved in criminal proceedings is presented.

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E. A. Galkina

Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Samara National Research University

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Email: grigorjewa.katerina@yandex.ru
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