General terms of the trial

This article provides a discussion about the existing in the criminal procedural literature the issue of the relationship between the principles of criminal procedure and the general conditions of the trial. A classification of the general conditions of the trial is proposed depending on the purpose of the instructions contained therein. On the basis of general theoretical provisions and analysis of legislation, the issue of the application of the general conditions of court proceedings during the preliminary hearing is considered. The peculiarities of the operation of the general conditions of the trial in the preliminary hearing are due to the tasks of this complicated form of the stage of the appointment of the court session. It is concluded that the proposal to single out the general conditions of the preliminary hearing is unreasonable. In fact, these provisions reflect the peculiarities of the operation of the general conditions of the trial in the preliminary hearing.