Prerequisites for the typology of domestic criminal proceedings

Introduction. The formation of such category as the type in relation to national criminal procedure is discussed in the scientific article. The following scientific problems are solved in the work: 1) how optimal is the category «type» for revealing the essence and content of criminal procedure of each historical period of Russia’s development, 2) when the type of criminal procedure entered into the doctrinal circulation, 3) How do the Domestic and Russian types of criminal procedure relate to each other? Methods. The typological method with which it is possible to systematize the historical types of national criminal procedure acts as the leading research tool. We also used: a) the method of comparison in the context of an analysis of the conceptual series «order-beginnings-form-type», b) the method of generalization, thanks to which the author’s model of dualistic criminal procedure typology was constructed, v) the analytical method of deployment, when the process of introducing into scientific circulation the phrase «type of criminal procedure» is justified by means of five typological prerequisites were applied by us. The results of the study. The conclusion is that the type is the optimal characteristic for dividing and disclosing each historical stage of the national criminal procedure typology was given in the work. The legal way of interaction of criminal proceedings with various companion categories, which reveal its essences in different ways. Six author's classifications related to the versatility of types of criminal procedure were developed and also the outline of a dualistic typology of criminal procedure was presented thanks to typological analysis. The typological analysis acts as the foundation and starting point for further improvement of the criminal procedure sphere both in a legislative and doctrinal manner.