Stratonov S. Theoretical and Methodological Bases of the Forensic Examination of the Document Age Setting

The dissertation presents theoretical and methodological bases of the forensic examination of the document age setting. The concepts of forensic expertise and expert examination have been considered. The correlation between the expertise and expert examination as forms and content has been substantiated. The author has suggested to understand the forensic examination of the document age setting as a study of a document for the purpose of determining the prescription of its manufacture or chronological sequence of writing separate parts and drawing of identification marks, which is carried out by the expert in the cases prescribed by law and using the achievements of science, technical means and techniques of expert research, on the instructions of the investigating judge or a court granted at the request of a party to criminal proceedings. It has been established the place of expertise of establishing the statute of limitations of a document in the system of judicial examinations and its significance in criminal proceedings.