The legal nature of the reasonable time of criminal proceedings

The article discusses the reasonable time, timeliness, rapidity in criminal proceedings. The author investigates the essence of the reasonable time in criminal proceedings of Russia. The author notes non-identity of such categories as duration of the legal proceedings prescribed by the law and reasonable time of the legal proceedings. It has been established that the concept of "reasonable time" is an evaluative and can be interpreted depending on the circumstances of the particular case. The author suggests an original definition of the reasonable time.