The procedures to ensure an adversarial criminal trial at the pre-trial stage

Abstract

At the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings, the rights of the defence to a fair, adversarial criminal trial are implemented to the least extent. Legal inequality is primarily due to the fact that an advocate is deprived of the procedural possibility to independently collect evidence in a criminal case. The current article deals with the ways of resolving this problematic issue through the introduction of the institution of investigative judges and the right of a counsel (for the defense) to submit evidence (in criminal proceedings).