Forensic expert activities and legal status of persons applying special knowledge in criminal proceedings in Estonia
The article analyzes the purpose and production of a forensic examination, as well as the rights, obligations, scope and nature of the procedural functions of expert and specialist in Estonian criminal proceedings. The integrated study was carried out on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the latest editions of the Estonian Criminal Procedure Code, the law on the organization of forensic expert activity, by-laws, as well as other primary sources in the original language.