(2017) 1 Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr. 75–81
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Title of the article	Concept of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
Author(s)	OLEH BAULIN PhD in Law, Docent, lecturer of the department of public prosecutors training in supervision over laws observance by agencies entrusted with operative and detective activities, inquiry and pre-trial investigation, National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine, baulin_ov@ukr.net
Short title of the journal (ISSN)	Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr.
Year	2017
Issue	1
Pages	[75–81]
Language	Ukrainian
Abstract	We consider the provisions of the criminal procedure proving the theory about the concept and the legal nature of the evidence, the basic scientific positions of modernity on the definition of evidence and the structure of the criminal process, reveals the content and positive elements of the legal concepts of evidence, which is enshrined in the current Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Keywords	concept of evidence; the legal concept of evidence; criminal procedure evidence; procedural sources of evidence; proof structure; part of the evidence.
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