ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT IN PRE-TRIAL CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: CURRENT STATE AND DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Modern approaches to conducting pre-trial proceedings require the use of digital technologies, as well as the latest achievements in science and technology, one of which is the need to use
electronic document management in the production of investigative and other procedural actions by
preliminary investigation bodies.
The article aims to define the concept and procedural position of an electronic document and its
use in pre-trial proceedings. In accordance with this goal, tasks have been formed to review the procedural status of an electronic document at the stages of initiating a criminal case and preliminary investigation; to determine the possibility of conducting investigative and other procedural actions using
electronic document management. According to the results of the study, the author identified the
problems of using electronic document management in pre-trial proceedings, and also suggested ways
to solve them.

When writing the article, such research methods were used as a systematic analysis of scientific provisions and judicial practice, a logical method in identifying cause-and-effect relationships, theoretical and legal forecasting of further changes in legislation.