Standards of Proof as a Component of Procedural Fairness Cover Image

Стандарти доказування як складова процесуальної справедливості
Standards of Proof as a Component of Procedural Fairness

Author(s): Anna Stoian
Subject(s): Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: universal value; principle of law; rule of law; evaluation of evidence;

Summary/Abstract: The question of the searching for fairness in the different areas of our life is still being important in modern world. Fairness may have different manifestations, which complicates it’s one unambiguous interpretation. Such situation are needed the endless seek of the practical fairness in the every individual administrative cases for the harmonious development of the entire judicial system, which determines the relevance of the study. The aim of the article to create the knowledge about the role of the standards of proof in it’s ability to get closer to the fairness during the evaluation of the evidence as the last stage of administrative procedural proving . During the research general scientific methods were used, including analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, abstraction, concretization, analogy, systemstructural method. A number of special methods were also used: the hermeneutic method for understanding and interpreting legal norms ; terminological and systematic methods to characterize the principle of justice; the axiological method helped to analyze justice as a universal value; the functional method helped to identify the function and role of the standards of proof in the way of establishing fairness in the evaluation of evidence in the administrative process. The logic of the presentation of the studied material. The ability of the fairness to correlate with the the principle of pluralism of truth were established. The fact that historical origins of universal values are not important for their consolidation at the level of fundamental principles of law were proved. The importance to adherence of the principle of justice not only in lawmaking but also in law enforcement were researched. The place of the standards of proof to be an important component of procedural (procedural) justice were detected Conclusions. Standards of proof contribute to the achievement of the justice’s ideals as they serve as a guide for the judge in the distribution and execution of the burden of proof. The higher the value of a certain value for society, the higher the standard of proof used and vice versa.

  • Issue Year: 4/2022
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 185-200
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian