Written (script and conventional) form of procedural agreement in criminal proceedings in Russia: the general approaches and initial interpretation

The article suggests the author's interpretation of procedural agreements as a form of written approval of qualitive and quantative content of evaluative notions contained in the concrete legal provisions on the basis of analysis of the institute of pretrial cooperation agreement. The author considers that the sincere repentance and mitigating circumstances agreements can be used in order to distinct the similar incentive mechanisms.