Open AccessCRIMINAL PROSECUTION: THE PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION
Author(s) -
Kirill Andreevich Talalaev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ûridičeskij vestnik samarskogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-2990
pISSN - 2542-047X
DOI - 10.18287/2542-047x-2020-6-4-142-145
Subject(s) - term (time) , law , criminal law , criminal procedure , russian federation , political science , order (exchange) , criminal investigation , criminology , sociology , business , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , regional science
The author of the article uses historical and comparative legal research methods and studies the term criminal prosecution. The term criminal prosecution is compared with other similar concepts in the article. The author examines the historical process of formation of this concept. The author of the article will outline the content of the discussion about the term criminal prosecution. The modern definition of this term is not correct in the criminal procedure law of the Russian Federation. The author proposes a new definition of the term. Criminal prosecution is the procedural activity of the prosecution in order to expose a person of committing an act prohibited by the criminal law.