Pavych K. Closing the criminal proceedings by the trial court

The dissertation is devoted to the description of the grounds of the closing of criminal proceedings by the trial court, the investigation of the procedure for closing criminal proceedings by the trial court, and the improvement of their legal regulation. This thesis analyses the genesis of the institution of the closing of criminal proceedings by the court, and depending on the time of the treatment of the crime, the established procedure for closing criminal proceedings by the court; six stages of the formation and development of such a case are identified. As a result of the analysis of the norms of the criminal procedural law as well as doctrinal approaches, the proposals aimed at improving the legal regulation of the closure of criminal proceedings by the court of first instance are formulated, and practical recommendations for improving the practice of closing criminal proceedings by the court of first instance have been formulated.