Methodological bases for fixing the goal-setting of criminal procedural activity in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation

Department of Judicial Activity and Criminal Procedure, Ural State Law University, Yekaterinburg, Russia

^* Corresponding author: azarenok_96@mail.ru

Abstract

The article provides a philosophical and legal analysis of the categories “goal” and “tasks”, which together form the goal-setting of the activity. The need to set a goal arises when the subject enters into any activity and therefore needs its optimal organization. After setting the goal, the further ordering of complexly organized types of practice causes the need for its fragmentation into parts, concretization in relation to individual stages of work, i.e. setting a number of tasks for the performer. They reflect not only the purpose of the activity, but also the specifics of its implementation in relation to specific conditions. Various options for fixing goal-setting in the current legislation are being considered. It is noted that the legislator does not have a unified approach to resolving this issue, which negatively affects both the quality of the adopted laws and law enforcement practice. As a result, the methodological foundations for determining the goal-setting of criminal proceedings in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation are formulated and proposed.