EVIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW OF ENGLAND AND RUSSIA

Abstract

The protection of civil and human rights is not possible without an efficient procedural law system. This article examines the evidence as a key component of the criminal procedure law of England and Russia. The procedural law of Russia was greatly influenced by foreign countries, including the procedural law of England, which permits to conduct a comparative legal analysis of evidence in the criminal procedure law of these two countries, to study the features of evidence, types of sources, to consider the particularities of witness testimony, production of forensic evidence.

The authors conclude that the study of evidence as part of criminal procedural law in the modern multipolar world is crucial to ensure a successful protection of civil and human rights in national and international proceedings.