Religious Substantiation of the Ideology of the Eurasian Concept of Criminal Procedure

Purpose of research: The paper analyzes religious substantiation of the ideology that ensures manifestation of Orthodox spiritual values in the criminal procedure. The goal is to compare religious substantiation of the liberal theory of rights and freedoms of man and citizen with the Eurasian concept of criminal procedure to find out which religious substantiation is closer to spiritual eclecticism or to a universal religion. The comparison is also aimed to reveal the positive and negative impacts of religion on the Eurasian criminal procedure.

Conclusions: Conclusion is made that spiritual eclecticism being the ideological foundation of criminal procedure relations poses a threat of self-destruction of the ideology and its components. A man who assimilates a religious mosaic is subjects to pride, ambition and other sins and vices. The criminal procedure will, thus, be affected by egoism and arbitrary will of officials who make important decisions on criminal cases. The universal religion, Orthodoxy in the Eurasian ideology of criminal procedure is the best foundation for developing, strengthening and reinforcing criminal procedure relations in the legal norms since the spiritual development is based on the governing idea. Orthodoxy helps form a moral fiber in the participants of the criminal procedure.