T.V. Kashirina Judicial reform in Russia: formation and development of the trial by jury.

Abstract: Trial by jury has became a new form of judicial proceedings within the framework of the Russian legal reality, and it changed the existing shape of the criminal judicial procedure overall. The current concept of judicial reform provides for a central role of trial by jury in the process of democratization of criminal processs. At the same time trial by jury is reestablished only in several subjects of the Russian Federation. Moreover, introduction of this legal institution causes much discussion in the Russian society among lawyers, scholars and state officials. In this article the author studies Russian legal history and reviews the process of introduction and development of the trial by jury before the Russian Revolution.