Theory of evidence and digitization in civil proceedings

The research is performed of the digital and electronic evidences which are not regarded by the author as the independent instrument of proof (taking into account their current status). Proceeding from the theory of the law of evidence, its regularities and terminological unity, the author insists on the necessity to classify these types of evidences within the limits of the means of proof known to the legislation. This statement rests on the arguments that the electronic and digital technologies currently used in the proceedings do not have typical features and essential properties which imply the necessity to change the main procedural legislation institutions and the subject matters of these institutions.