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Criminal procedural proof

ДВВ.16.04

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2021/2022

3 Semester

2

Know: subject, task and methodology of the course "Current issues of criminal procedure of Ukraine", its place in the system of academic disciplines. Know: doctrinal approaches to understanding of criminal procedural institutes, characteristics of each of them. Be able to critically analyze provisions of the current criminal procedural legislation, identify legal regulation deficiencies and develop proposals for their provision. Be fluent in written and oral state language, correctly using legal terminology; formalizing behavior patterns and fixing them in the form of reasonable legal positions on law enforcement controversial issues. Competently and accurately express and justify one’s positions on rule-making initiatives. Participate in developed presentations, research works discussions, formulate conclusions on their content and meaning, express and justify one’s point of view on issues to be submitted.

Full-time form

Кnow the main international and EU regulatory documents on ensuring human rights in the area of criminal justice; criminal procedural law of Ukraine, domestic current legislation on the judiciary and the status of judges, on operational and investigative activities, criminal legislation; • use theoretical knowledge based on the results of studying disciplines: "Theory of Law", "Criminal Procedural Law", "Judiciary of Ukraine", "Advocacy Of Ukraine "," Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine", "Criminalistics"; • be able to analyze the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, decisions of the Supreme Court, case law of general jurisdiction courts; • apply the acquired skills in criminal proceedings, during the internship in prosecutor's office and courts • have skills in working with research literature, analytical and statistical materials.

When studying the discipline students form ideas about the legal, logical, epistemological, psychological nature of proof in criminal proceedings, as a kind of argumentative thinking of the part of the prosecution in court to substantiate their legal position. The duty and burden of proof are indicated. The normative structure and stages of judicial proof, its differences and relationship with the legal cognition at the stage of pre-trial proceedings are substantiated. Characteristic of the standards of proof is given. Special attention is paid to the procedural nature of the formation of judicial evidence as basic means of proof and their legal structure, including procedural and legal, information, judicial communication and fact-finding segments. In this regard criteria for establishing compliance, admissibility, weight, reliability and sufficiency of judicial evidence and declaring them legally insolvent are stated.

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Lecture, seminar, student’s individual work.

Survey, discussion, writing research work (paper, theses), exam semester forms of assessment: 1. survey - up to 5 points; 2. participation in practical (seminar) classes - 1 point; 3. elaboration of practical materials - up to 5 points; 4. individual research work (paper, theses) - up to 20 points. The maximum score that a student can receive as a result of studying during semester is 40 points. The minimum score that a student must receive for the appropriate forms of assessment is 24 points. - final assessment: an exam conducted orally or in writing. According to the results of the final form of evaluation (exam) the student can get maximum 60 points. The final grade for the discipline is formed by adding the number of points, obtained during the semester, and the number of points obtained in the final form of evaluation (credit) and this amount of points may not be less than 60 points.

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