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News

The anniversary of the Great Judicial Reform

150 years from the adoption of 1864 Judicial Statutes

VI Adam Smith Conference

A discourse on judicial creativity, justice and liberty

An important update

Changes to the 'Law' section of the website

The Farewell

The Supreme Commercial Court ceases to exist

Sergey Sarbash. "The interpretation of law by highest courts should not be feared of" // zakon.ru. 25.07.2014

“Theory knows such kind of interpretation as an interpretation contra legem, when a court interprets a law contrary the latter’s literal meaning” 

Constitutional judges endorse the merger of supreme courts

The  ruling of Constitutional Court published yesterday

Soviet Legal Theorist on Precedents

An excerpt from Yakov Magaziner’s book is added to our website

"Ideological version of the reasons for judicial reform from Justice Gadzhiev" // pravo.ru. 18.06.2014.

“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)

New legislation on courts

New standards for the Constitutional Court

Valery Zorkin. The economy and law - a new context // Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 22.05.2014

“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”