Basic principles of criminal proceedings and the right to a fair trial

1 Basic principles of criminal proceedings and the right to a fair trial Abstract This dissertation deals with the basic principles of criminal proceedings from the point of view of the right to a fair trial. The basic principles of criminal proceedings are certain legal principles, the leading legal ideas underlying the criminal proceedings. They are a manifestation of a legal, political and legal philosophical approach to criminal proceedings. As a result, the basis on which the organization of criminal proceedings and the regulation of the activities of its bodies are built. They express the legislator's opinion on the most efficient organization of the criminal process. The meaning of the basic principles is mainly concentrated in their functions. The text of the thesis is divided into three major chapters, which are further divided into sub-capitals and sections. The second chapter is devoted to the conceptual definition of both the democratic state law and its attributes, the legal principle, and two basic models - the continental system and the adversary system. Then follows a chapter that deals in detail with the concept, meaning, functions and system of the fundamental principles of criminal proceedings. It also deals with exceptions to the basic principles, the classification, the nature of the..