Organization of investigation in Russia in the XVI - first half of the XVII centuries: dualism of public and state principles (to the discussion about the participation of the population in the protection of public order)
The article, based on the analysis of the normative legal regulating criminal proceedings and literary sources of the specified chronological period, reveals the process of formation of the national system of organization of investigation as a special type of state activity in solving the tasks of combating crime and the form of legal proceedings for crimes recognized as particularly dangerous - «dashing cases». The author raises debatable questions about the historical and legal assessment of the institutions established in the first half of the XVI century. special subjects of investigation are the provincial huts as a police duty of the population, and the causes and conditions of dualism of public and state principles in the organization of investigation in the XVI - first half of the XVII centuries are revealed.