Dneprovskaya, M.A. Legal nature and place of the special order of judicial proceedings within the framework of criminal judicial proceedings.

Abstract: Inclusion of new provisions on the special order of judicial proceedings into the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation formed the basis for a new criminal procedural law institution, which allows the judge not to evaluate the evidence in the regular way, however the punishment possible is limited to 2/3 of the maximal amount. This article is devoted to the analysis of specific features and role of this institution.