Factors Influencing the Evaluation of Evidence Based on the Internal Conviction of Persons Considering an Administrative Offense Case

The article deals with an actual problem related to the evaluation of evidence in cases of administrative offenses.

Decisions in cases of administrative offenses, in the case of which there is equilibrium evidence of the parties, in most cases have an accusatory bias. Goals and objectives of the study – to establish the reasons for the evaluation of evidence by the judicial authorities with a pronounced accusatory bias, to investigate their nature.

The methodological basis was made up of universal dialectical-legal, social, psychological and pedagogical methods involving the study of phenomena and processes in their development and interdependence.

Brief conclusions. The structure of the formation of internal beliefs about the reliability of the evidence presented by persons considering the case of an administrative offense has been established. These include “knowledge”, “faith” and “volitional stimulus”. On this basis, various reasons for choosing judge’s decisions in favor of public authorities (their officials) have been identified and studied. It is established that some of them are objective, while others are subjective. The solution to this problem is seen in changing and supplementing the norms of legislation on administrative offenses regulating the proceedings in relevant cases.