CRIMINAL PROSECUTION: THE PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION

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The author of the article uses historical and comparative legal research methods and studies the term «criminal prosecution». The term criminal prosecution is compared with other similar concepts in the article. The author examines the historical process of formation of this concept. The author of the article will outline the content of the discussion about the term criminal prosecution. The modern definition of this term is not correct in the criminal procedure law of the Russian Federation. The author proposes a new definition of the term. Criminal prosecution is the procedural activity of the prosecution in order to expose a person of committing an act prohibited by the criminal law.

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K. A. Talalaev

Samara National Research University

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Email: talalaev.k@ya.ru
Russian Federation

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