Аннотация
The authors present a thorough research of the forms of rationality and the specifics of implementing the principles of procedural economy in the criminal procedure law of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Modern reforms of Kazakhstan’s legal system affected the criminal law sphere as well. The authors have conducted a comprehensive examination and analysis of the principles of procedural economy, effectiveness and rationality of criminal proceedings in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Under the current Criminal Procedure Code of the RK, the initial stage of the criminal process has been considerably transformed: the pre-investigation verification and initiation of a criminal case has been totally removed from it, which has considerably reduced a rather vast list of actions preceding the stage of initiating a criminal case. The dominant function of a democratic state is the protection of the constitutional rights of its citizens. It means that all branches of state power — legislative, executive and judicial — should serve the protection of the rights of a person, while other functions of the state – social, economic, political, environmental protection, public law and order — should comply with it. Different legal phenomena, relations, processes, interconnections and interactions in the legal sphere itself and, partially, outside it compose a special public system — the legal system, which develops relatively independently and functions alongside other public systems — social, spiritual-cultural, economic and state-political ones. The legal system is the condition and, simultaneously, the consequence of building a legal state and a civil society, representative democracy and political pluralism. The process of developing a legal state in the Republic of Kazakhstan is progressing successfully, some experience has been accumulated, and the positive experience of civilized countries that have achieved certain success in this area is implemented. The problem of procedural economy, effectiveness and rationality of criminal proceedings must be considered through the prism of the above-mentioned requirements.