Adversarial Nature of Criminal Proceedings: The Concept and Properties, the Role of the Institute of Advocacy in Court, Legal Aspects of Strengthening the Protection Function

The article reveals the properties of the concept of “competitiveness", analyzes the views of some scientists existing in the legal literature on the importance of ensuring the principle of competitiveness in court. The article considers the most controversial changes currently being made to the Criminal Procedure and Criminal Codes of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as topical issues of the implementation of the principle of adversarial proceedings at the trial stage in modern criminal proceedings. The conclusions are argued that for the consistent implementation of the adversarial nature of criminal proceedings, one of the most important criteria is to strengthen the role and function of protection.