Promising Development of Scientific Cooperation in Eurasia: Comparative Legal Research of a Jury Trial in CIS Countries

Abstract

The paper focuses on the promising directions and forms of scientific cooperation in criminal proceedings in the Eurasian legal space. One of the promising areas of international comparative legal research is the jury trial, which successfully operates in the CIS countries. The need for further improvement and development of the jury trial in Russia and the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the planned integration of the jury trial in the Kyrgyz Republic, determine the relevance and scientific novelty of the study. The research used general and specific methods of scientific knowledge. The main research method is the specific scientific method of comparative legal study. The place of jury trial in the judicial system of the CIS is specified. The author revealed the general trend in the development of the jury trial in Russia, Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyzstan—the establishment of a jury trial on the district level of the legal system. Based on the analysis of normative, scientific, and theoretical terms and judicial practice in criminal cases involving jurors, the author formulated and justified the following conclusions. Comparative legal research of the CIS jury trials is relevant and necessary for their further improvement and development. The comparable features of a jury trial allowed conducting a scientifically based comparative study and defining the general trend in the development of a jury trial in the CIS countries. The results of comparative legal research can be used to improve legislation and judicial practice. The expansion of scientific cooperation and its development will increase the effectiveness of comparative legal research of the CIS jury trials.