THE METHODS, TECHNIQUES AND PRINCIPLES OF FORENSICS, SCIENCE OF LAW IN THE SERVICE OF TRUTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PART I.

Forensics, as a science and practice, is essential for solving criminal cases in compliance with the principles of criminal procedure, as well as for the correct administration of justice as a whole. As a discipline, forensic science is particularly complex, which is why it uses many methods, from the simplest ones based on human sensory organs, to the most complex ones, such as DNA analysis and modeling. At the same time, forensic examination and investigation is an important field of science for managing evidence in a criminal case and bringing criminals to justice. In the current context, in which crimes and criminal phenomena have acquired a new dimension through their internationalization and complexity, forensic examination and investigation implies the need to use advanced technologies, based on modern methods and tools, scientifically validated. Moreover, some of the methods and principles of forensics, as we will try to present them in the following lines, can also be applied in other areas of legal practice, such as the civil, administrative and contravention procedural field etc., in order to support in achieving their goal by using scientific methods and means in law enforcement and justice. As a science of law, the most important role of forensic methods is related to the adoption of legal and correct decisions, as a result of the contribution of innovative forensic thinking in the process of administration and evaluation of evidence in all judicial and extrajudicial cases under investigation. Through the prism of the forensic education strictly necessary for any jurist, through this study we aim to provide an overview of the complex system of methods of this science which, used in good faith, can certainly be in the service of truth and justice. In the first part of this article we will analyze the general methods of knowledge specific to several sciences. In the second part of the article, which will be published in the next issue of the journal, we will analyze the methods specific to the science of forensics, the methods specific to other sciences applied in forensics, the principles of forensics - criminal procedural principles, with an important role in finding the truth, concluding it with a series of conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]