Codification of legislation on courts and judges in the Russian Federation: setting the task
- Authors: Kleandrov M.I.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: No 4 (2025)
- Pages: 35-58
- Section: Judicial power
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/1026-9452/article/view/293674
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S1026945225040038
- ID: 293674
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Abstract
It is considered in the format of a fundamental legal science and substantiates the author’s understanding of the task of radically improving the organizational and legal mechanism of Russian justice by codifying legislation on courts and judges. According to the author, the legislation of all three components of the justice mechanism is subject to codification: judicial, judicial and judicial status. At the same time, the author believes that the Code on courts and judges in the Russian Federation should include: a) the current legislative provisions after their necessary revision; b) legislative provisions that close the gaps in the existing justice system; c) legislative provisions aimed at the future, including the distant future.
Therefore, the author believes, the scientific understanding of approaches to the formation of the draft of the specified Code should proceed from the needs of radical modernization of the entire mechanism of justice. In particular, the creation of a constitutional body, the Council of the Judiciary of the Russian Federation, which represents the judicial branch of state power, but is not a judicial body; the creation of several completely independent judicial systems with their own supreme (higher) courts and several specialized federal single courts, etc. A new constitutional foundation will be required, including for the aforementioned transformations. A draft construction of this Code is proposed.
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Mikhail I. Kleandrov
Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: mklean@igpran.ru
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law, Professor, Chief Researcher
Russian Federation, 10, Znamenka St., Moscow, 119019References
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