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Apr 16, 2017Russian court practice in English
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Jun 21, 2013“I propose to merge the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Commercial Court, for which it will be necessary to make amendments to the Constitution of Russia”
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May 18, 2013"The legal positions formulated by the Presidium and Plenary Session of the Supreme Commercial Court, - they are not only a guidance how to act, but also drafts for future court decisions"
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Feb 6, 2012“А certain element of “the law of precedent” will serve as a factor of incessant improvement of court”
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Jul 25, 2014“Theory knows such kind of interpretation as an interpretation contra legem, when a court interprets a law contrary the latter’s literal meaning”
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Jun 17, 2014“Let us say that we have a super-precedential law. I mean certain “traditions” in judges’ behaviour, certain attitude towards the authority of the superior court”. (Full version)
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May 22, 2014“It is impossible not to touch upon recently observed attempts of a significant part of legal community to introduce into Russian law-creation practice the elements of the Anglo-Saxon law of precedent”
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Veniamin Yakovlev
Chairman Supreme Commercial Courtin 1992-2005, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on legal issues since 2005. More detail
Interview
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1.05.2013 | 14:25Court system is unified, and the law-application must be unified. If court system does not ensure the unity of law-application, it does not ensure in essence the pervasion of law into life. What is law? Law is certainty. And the certainty is achieved by the unity of judicial practice. (Full version.)
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15.06.2011 | 12:00Veniamin Yakovlev. Регистрационная система превратилась в ширму, за которую прячутся мошенники // Коммерсантъ. 15.06.2011, № 106 (4647)Court may develop law, though not through the creation of new norms, but through explaining the existing ones, if they are formulated somewhat unhappily. (Full version.)