PROOF AND PROVING IN CRIMINAL PROCESS OF ENGLAND IN COMPARISON WITH THE CRIMINAL PROCESS OF RUSSIA
Law of evidence of England depending on historical eras have developed very differently. In the XIX century it was distinguished by some features in the XX century. The basest feature of the English criminal process is the lack of the criminal procedure code, which led to the "domination" of judicial precedents. The specificity of the English law of evidence in the preceding period was not the recognition of the admissibility of evidence as the main criterion of respect for the rules of gathering evidence. Therefore, in the English doctrine of the criminal process a key feature of the evidence was not admitted its validity, and relevance and reliability. In the second half of the XX century the situation changed. The law the court is entitled to reject evidence obtained in violation of the law. This article discusses types of evidence and methods of proof in English criminal proceedings, as well as institutions such as the admission of guilt, the burden of proof, evaluation of evidence, etc. Separate the doctrinal provisions of criminal procedure and practice of criminal procedure of England are compared with similar provisions of the Russian criminal process.