Yurii Rudkin. В октябре 1993 года суд все делал по закону // РАПСИ. 28.10.2011
I am not a proponent of introducing the law of precedent in our country. But what can be done: to issue the surveys of judicial practice more frequently. From the Supreme Commercial Court and the Supreme Court as well. Then nothing bad would happen. Hold joint plenary sessions of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Commercial Court more frequently. Issue joint decrees, give interpretations, generalize law-application practice. (Full version.)
Veniamin 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.)
An opinion of Russian President Dmitrii Medvedev
"A statute still must still undergo an interpretation in the heads of judges, whereas a decree of the Plenary Session [of a higher court] operates immediately"
Anton Ivanov. Судам доверяют больше, чем раньше // arbitr.ru. February 2011
The common law countries apply the law of precedent through centuries, and nobody believes that this approach affects the independence of a judge. (Full version.)
Valeria Adamova. 15 лет Федеральному арбитражному суду Московского округа: актуальные вопросы текущей деятельности и дальнейшие перспективы развития // Гарант. September 2010
The introduction of judicial precedents will, of course, influence in a positive way the uniformity of solving the disputes of the same type by courts. There should not be such thing as solving disputes of the same type in different ways by courts and even judges of the same court. (Full version.)
Valery Zorkin. Выступление Председателя КС РФ // ksrf.ru. April 2010
If in the modern Russia precedent will displace constitutional norm, there will be neither Constitution nor precedent. (Full version.)
Anton Ivanov. Тонкая судебная настройка // arbitr.ru. March 2010
The main task of the Supreme Commercial Court – the formulation of legal opinions, having significance for the development of law, in other words, the creation of precedents. (Full version.)
Anton Ivanov. Итоги работы Высшего Арбитражного Суда РФ за 2009 год и стратегия развития арбитражной системы РФ // Гарант. November 2009
I always believed that the system of precedent helps to reduce corruption in courts. (Full version.)