title: THE CONCEPT OF CRIMINAL PROCESS AND ITS SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE
abstract: The article is devoted to the study of problematic issues of the doctrinal definition of the concept of criminal procedure. The author makes a comparative legal analysis of the definitions of «criminal procedure», «criminal proceedings», «criminal proceedings» in legal acts and scientific doctrines of Western countries and Ukraine in the genesis aspect. It is substantiated that the concept of criminal procedure should be used in four senses: as a branch of law, as a branch of science, as a separ
journal: Herald of criminal justice