Darovskikh Svetlana Michailovna,

Head of the Department of Criminal Proceedings and Forensic Science of South Ural State University (National Research University), PhD Law, Professor. Office 302, 149, Kommuny Str., Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia. Е-mail: darsvet@mail.ru

Lisi tsk aya Ekaterina Vyacheslavovna,

post graduate student of Criminal Process and Criminal Science Department of Legal Faculty of the Federal State-Funded Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education South Ural State University (Research Institute) (FGBOU VPO YuURGU (NIU)). 75, prospekt Lenina, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk region, 454080, Russian Federation. E-mail: kemma.li@mail.ru or e.lis.dm@yandex.ru

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The article dwells upon the essence of appealing procedure aimed at revising the decisions of the first instance courts concerning criminal cases. It states that the appealing as a legal category is fairly common in other countries, for example, in the USA, UK and Western European countries and is reserved by the international regulatory legal acts. The authors consider the opinions of researchers (Yu. A. Lyakhov, A. S. Chervotkin, N. A. Kolokolov and others) concerning the concept of “appeal” and its contents. Elaborating different opinions concerning the contents of the appeal, the authors state that the essence of the appeal is the close relationship between its inner concept and exterior forms.

appeal, court decisions, revision, grounds for revision.