The formation of jury trial in Russian judicial system

Subject of research: legislative norms governing the procedure for the consideration of criminal cases by a jury, scientific works devoted to the problems of the functioning of jury court. Purpose of research: to identify the reasons preventing the effective functioning of jury trial in Russian legal system. Research methods: dialectical method, formal legal method, historical and legal method, analysis, synthesis. Objects of research: public relations in the field of the administration of justice by the jury at various stages of its functioning. Research findings: when the jury trial was introduced in 1993, this institution was considered as a way to overcome the accusatory bias of professional judges and make decisions based on an objective and independent assessment of evidence, this goal was not achieved, since the legislator did not provide the necessary legal mechanisms to ensure that jurors maintained an objective and independent approach to the case throughout the trial, in the pre-revolutionary period the problem of the need to ensure the objectivity and independently of the jury did not exist due to the different purpose of the jury trial.