Special Court Proceedings: The Influence of an Abridged Form of Court Procedure on the Implementation of the Constitutional Principles
The subject of the study are the peculiarities of legal and actual consequences of adoption of court decisions as stipulated by Chapter 40 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, the impact of the abridged form on the implementation of the constitutional principles in the criminal court procedure and potential deformation of consciousness of the law enforcement officials due to the actual deprivation of a number of basic obligations. The emergence, establishment and development of the institute of criminal procedure law - a special procedure for adoption of judicial decisions when the accused agrees with the accusation presented. The procedure for filing by the accused of a motion for consideration of the case in special proceedings without judicial examination. The applicable legislative norms regulating adoption of court decisions when the accused agrees with the presented accusation are analyzed. The need for reduction of time and official expenses for the justice function, positioning of the process of «court procedure optimization» as a type of manifestation of humanistic principles and mitigation of participation of guilty persons.During the analysis of the changes occurring in the country and the legislation and of the ambition of the public authorities to improve the previously established tools consistently, a tendency for development of simplified forms of judicial procedures can be distinguished, which is not least of all aimed at relieving the courts and reducing the periods of case consideration.