Kaluzhynskyy O. Evaluation Activity of Judge in Preliminary Procedure.

There are analyzed and covered the scientific positions of well-known scientists- processualists of both Soviet and modern period, the current legislation that regulates the activity of the court in the preliminary procedure, including the laws of foreign countries, in the research. From the perspective of the systemic and integrated approach there is studied the essence of the evaluation activity of the court, its structure and directivity, features of its implementation in the preliminary procedure. Thus, there is studied the evaluation activity of the court in the carrying out of the procedural control over the decisions and actions of the authorities of the pre-trial investigation, of the prosecutor in the preliminary procedure, there is characterized the evaluation activity of the court in dealing with the preparatory and organizational issues related to the listing for trial, as well as there is found the essence of the evaluation activity of the court when making awards finishing the criminal proceedings in the preliminary hearing. The appropriate recommendations to improve the legal regulation of the preliminary procedure are made as the result of the research.