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Nov 9, 2020
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Jan 15, 2020In free access for the first time
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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”
Subject area
Academic Works
This section contains select academic works on the issue of judge-made law, both in Russia and generally. Texts are available via hyperlinks.
William E. Butler, “Russian Law”, 3d ed.; Oxford University Press, 2009 (an excerpt)
John Hasnas, “Hayek, the Common Law, and Fluid Drive” // NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 1 (2004)
Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, “Arbitral Precedent: Dream, Necessity or Excuse?” (The 2006 Freshfields Lecture)
William M. Landes & Richard A. Posner, “Legal Precedent: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis” // 19 J.L. & ECON. 249, 251 (1976)
Bruno Leoni, “Freedom and the Law”, 3rd edition; Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1991
William Pomeranz, Max Gutbrod,
"The Push for Precedent in Russia's Judicial System" // Review of Central and east European Law 37 (2012) 1-30Frederick Schauer, “Do Cases Make Bad Law?” // 73 U. Chi. L. Rev. 883 (2006)
Frederick Schauer, “A Critical Guide to Vehicles in the Park” // 83 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1109 (2008)
Frederick Schauer, “Precedent” (May 9, 2011)
Michael Sinclair, “Precedent, Super-Precedent” // George Mason Law Review (14 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 363) (2007)
Richard Tur, “Introduction To Law: Statute And Precedent” (2000)
In the Russian language:
V.A. Chetvernin, G.B.Yurko, "Judicial Sources of Law" [В.А. Четвернин, Г.Б. Юрко. Судебные источники права // Ежегодник либертарно-юридической теории, 2007. № 1]
G.A. Gadzhiev, "Publication of Judge's Dissent" [Г.А. Гаджиев. Публикация особого мнения судьи // Законодательство и практика масс-медиа. 2005. № 12]
S.К. Gogel.
Law-Making Activities of the Senate in the Field of Criminal Law // A History of the Ruling Senate For the Fifty Years. Volume IV. Sankt-Petersburg, 1911. P. 396-450
F.A. Hayek, "Law, Legislation and Liberty" (Russian edition of 2006) [Ф.А.Хайек. Право, законодательство и свобода. М: Ирисэн, 2006]
S.N. Kasatkin, "H.L.A. Hart's Doctrine of Judicial Discretion" [С.Н. Касаткин. Доктрина судейского усмотрения в концепции Г.Харта. Львов, 2010]
S.N. Kasatkin, "The Problem of Normative Grounds of Court Decision: Hart's Concept of Legal Uncertainty and its Critics" [С.Н. Касаткин. Проблема нормативных оснований судебного решения: концепция правовой неопределённости Г.Харта и её критики. Львов, 2012]
Richard Tur, “Introduction To Law: Statute And Precedent” (2000)
In the Russian language:
V.A. Chetvernin, G.B.Yurko, "Judicial Sources of Law" [В.А. Четвернин, Г.Б. Юрко. Судебные источники права // Ежегодник либертарно-юридической теории, 2007. № 1]
G.A. Gadzhiev, "Publication of Judge's Dissent" [Г.А. Гаджиев. Публикация особого мнения судьи // Законодательство и практика масс-медиа. 2005. № 12]
S.К. Gogel.
Law-Making Activities of the Senate in the Field of Criminal Law // A History of the Ruling Senate For the Fifty Years. Volume IV. Sankt-Petersburg, 1911. P. 396-450F.A. Hayek, "Law, Legislation and Liberty" (Russian edition of 2006) [Ф.А.Хайек. Право, законодательство и свобода. М: Ирисэн, 2006]
S.N. Kasatkin, "H.L.A. Hart's Doctrine of Judicial Discretion" [С.Н. Касаткин.
Доктрина судейского усмотрения в концепции Г.Харта. Львов, 2010]S.N. Kasatkin, "The Problem of Normative Grounds of Court Decision: Hart's Concept of Legal Uncertainty and its Critics" [С.Н. Касаткин.
Проблема нормативных оснований судебного решения: концепция правовой неопределённости Г.Харта и её критики. Львов, 2012]A. Klishin, A. Shugaev, "On the Issue of Judicial Precedent in the Russian Legal System" [А. Клишин, А. Шугаев. К вопросу о прецеденте в российской правовой системе // «Наука. Культура. Общество», № 2 за 2010 г.]
Ya.M. Magaziner
Precedent. [A section of the book "General Theory of Law on the Basis of the Soviet Legislation", 1925]А.E. Nol'de.
Law-Making Activities of the Ruling Senate in the Field of Civil Law // A History of the Ruling Senate For the Fifty Years. Volume IV. Sankt-Petersburg, 1911. P. 421-440W. Pomeranz.
The Russian Constitutional Court Decree on the Appointment of Governors and Judicial Dissents About Russian Federalism [У. Померанц. Постановление Конституционного Суда России о назначении губернаторов субъектов Федерации и особые мнения судей о российском федерализме] // Конституционный вестник, № 1 (19) / 2008S.V. Posnyshev.
Law-Making Activities of New Courts in the Field of Criminal Law and Procedure // Судебные Judicial Statutes of 20 November 1864 for the fifty years. Volume II. Petrograd, 1914. P. 414-478.M.A. Rozhkova, "Dissenting Opinion of a Judge of an Arbitrazh Court" [М.А. Рожкова. Особое мнение судьи арбитражного суда // Вестник Высшего Арбитражного Суда РФ. 2008. № 3. С. 4-15]
M.A. Rozhkova, "Judicial Precedent and Judicial Practice" [М.А. Рожкова. Судебный прецедент и судебная практика // Иски и судебные решения. Сборник статей / Рук. авт. кол. и отв. ред. М.А. Рожкова. М.: Статут, 2009. С. 320-353]
Е.V. Vas'kovskii.
The Law-Making Activities of New Courts in the Field of Civil Law and Procedure // Judicial Statutes of 20 November 1864 for the fifty years. Volume II. Petrograd, 1914. P. 375-413A.N. Vereshchagin, "Dissenting Opinions in Russian Courts" [А.Н. Верещагин. Особые мнения в российских судах // Сравнительное конституционное обозрение. № 4 (57) 2006]
A.N. Vereshchagin, "Some Remarks on Judicial Law-Creation" [А.Н. Верещагин. Заметки о судебном нормотворчестве // Сравнительное конституционное обозрение. № 2 (59) 2007]
A.N. Vereshchagin, "Two Novelties of Arbitrazh Justice" [А.Н. Верещагин. Две новеллы арбитражного правосудия // Закон. 2008. № 4]
A.N. Vereshchagin, "Making a Dash for the Precedent: on the Constitutional Court Judgment of 21.01.2010 № 1-П" [А.Н. Верещагин. Рывок к прецеденту: о Постановлении КС РФ от 21.01.2010 № 1-П // Закон. 2010. № 3]
A.N. Vereshchagin, A.G. Karapetov, Yi.V. Tay, "The Means for Improving the Law-Making Activities of the Supreme Commercial Court" [А.Н. Верещагин, А.Г. Карапетов, Ю.В. Тай. Пути совершенствования правотворческой деятельности ВАС РФ // Вестник Высшего Арбитражного Суда Российской Федерации. 2013. № 6 (supplements to the article can be downloaded here и here)]
Yu.Yu.Vetiutnev, "On Ronald Dworkin's Understanding of Law" [Ю.Ю. Ветютнев. О правопонимании Рональда Дворкина // Журнал российского права. 2005. № 10]
A.N. Vereshchagin, A.G. Karapetov, Yi.V. Tay, "The Means for Improving the Law-Making Activities of the Supreme Commercial Court" [А.Н. Верещагин, А.Г. Карапетов, Ю.В. Тай. Пути совершенствования правотворческой деятельности ВАС РФ // Вестник Высшего Арбитражного Суда Российской Федерации. 2013. № 6 (supplements to the article can be downloaded here и here)]
Yu.Yu.Vetiutnev, "On Ronald Dworkin's Understanding of Law" [Ю.Ю. Ветютнев.
О правопонимании Рональда Дворкина // Журнал российского права. 2005. № 10]