ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPTS OF SPECIALIST AND SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE PRE-TRIAL STAGE

This article analyzes the specialist who participates in the criminal process of proof, requirements for specialists, the concept of special knowledge, the legal status of specialists, their regulation, opinions and considerations expressed by legal scholars about specialists and persons with special knowledge, issues that a specialist can directly address using their legal status, problems, as well as scientific-theoretical definitions of “person with special knowledge” and “specialist”. These issues are analyzed and studied in the article. The article analyzes the concepts of specialist and person with special knowledge in the process of proof, engages directly in debate with legal scholars, and provides new definitions on the studied issue.