Prosecution of the accused as an autonomous investigation procedure: obvious relic of the past or a legal existing tool?

Occupation: Chief researcher of the Sector of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology at Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Москва, Дубнинская 40А к1 144

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 3

Pages

61-69

Abstract

The article analyzes the prospects for the development of a procedural mechanism for bringing forward a criminal claim against a person, subject to resolution on the merits in the course of the trial.

By revealing the true historical reasons contributing to the rooting of the current procedure for bringing in as an accused in the Russian criminal process, the unreliability of the arguments expressed by scientists in support of the abolition or significant reform of this procedure, following the example of Germany and a number of other European states, has been proved. The conclusion is formulated about the possibility of a final resolution of the issues raised in the article, not otherwise than in the context of understanding the general concept of further improvement of the entire system of Russian pre-trial proceedings.

Keywords

inquiry, pre-trial proceedings; accusation, accused, preliminary investigation, indictment, involve-ment as an accused, criminal prosecution, criminal law claim, charge function

Received

02.12.2021

Publication date

29.03.2022

Number of characters

34061

Cite

GOST	Rossinskiy S. Prosecution of the accused as an autonomous investigation procedure: obvious relic of the past or a legal existing tool? // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 3 C. 61-69 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520019209-0-1 (circulation date: 23.03.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019209-0
MLA	Rossinskiy, Sergey B "Prosecution of the accused as an autonomous investigation procedure: obvious relic of the past or a legal existing tool?." Gosudarstvo i pravo 3 (2022):61-69. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019209-0
APA	Rossinskiy S. (2022). Prosecution of the accused as an autonomous investigation procedure: obvious relic of the past or a legal existing tool?. Gosudarstvo i pravo (3), pp.61-69 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019209-0

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