Sotskov F.N. Analysis of parties’ parity in the proceedings on the petition for choosing (renewal) of a measure of restriction

Abstract: The research subject is the range of legal and procedural problems of choosing a measure of restriction in criminal proceedings. The author analyzes the process of choosing a measure of restriction from the position of defense. The topicality of the problem is conditioned by the practice of consideration of petitions, initiated by investigative agencies, for choosing or renewal of a measure of restriction against the accused or the suspect. It seems that this process often violates the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the rules, established by the criminal procedural law, which order to exercise the court procedure on the base of equity and the adversarial nature of the proceedings. The research methodology is based on the recent achievements in epistemology. The author applies general philosophical and theoretical methods (dialectics, the system method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), traditional methods of jurisprudence (formal-logical) and special sociological methods (statistical, expert assessments, etc.). The author attempts at analyzing the parity of the parties to the court proceedings in choosing (renewal) of a measure of restriction. The analysis is based on the logical, empirical, formal-legal, formal-abstract and other methods of scientific cognition. In the author’s opinion, his conclusions are necessary for the further study of the mentioned issue, and the suggestions are sufficient enough to amend the regulations of the criminal procedural law thus promoting trust in the judicial power. 

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