The anniversary of the Great Judicial Reform
150 years from the adoption of 1864 Judicial Statutes
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)
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”