Legal Status of Forensic Veterinarian as a Subject of Forensic Science Activity in Context of the Latest Legislation of Ukraine

Abstract

Legal status of a forensic expert as a subject of forensic science activity in the context of the latest legislation of Ukraine is studied. It has been proven that elements of legal status of forensic expert, provided for by civil, economic, administrative and criminal legislation of Ukraine, as well as by departmental regulatory legal acts, do not fully correlate with each other: they have different rights, obligations, prohibitions, restrictions and the legal responsibility of forensic expert, that can negatively affect implementation of the principles of forensic expert activity, in particular during forensic veterinary examination, as well as the provision of a substantiated, objective, reliable, correct and truthful expert conclusion. Amendments and additions to mentioned normative legal acts of Ukraine are proposed with the aim of unifying the legal status of forensic expert (regardless of type of legal proceedings and grounds for conducting a forensic examination) for more effective implementation of principles of forensic science activity. The research purpose: reveal the legal status of forensic veterinarian in the system of forensic expertise and to systematize his duties, rights, prohibitions and grounds for liability in the newest legal field of Ukraine. General and special scientific methods of research (analysis, synthesis, analogy; modeling; formal-logical; logical-grammatical; statistical; comparative-legal; legal analysis) were used to achieve the goal.