IS THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY ACHIEVABLE? (CASE STUDY OF MAGISTRATES IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA)

Autores/as

  • Elizaveta Abramova Study

Palabras clave:

Russia. Magistrates. Independence. Deliberative democracy.

Resumen

The given article raises the problem of mechanisms which could be used to achieve the independence of the judiciary in present-day Russia. The article offers a case study of magistrates (or justices of the peace) in Moscow: the order of their appointment and the specifics of their work are analyzed. The author conducted an independent sociological study among different age and professional groups and drew conclusions based on it. It is proposed to move to the electivity of magistrates, and the voters can become residents of the relevant judicial district. It is also proposed to raise the age of justices of the peace from 25 to 40 years and increase the number of justices of the peace, dividing them by specialization (civil, family, administrative, etc. disputes). These proposals can contribute to building a model of deliberative democracy in Russia, in which a civil society with a developed sense of justice is the most important factor in achieving the independence of the judiciary

Citas

Justices of the peace are promised life sentences. In: Kommersant, Moscow, N 35, 27.02.2019 Available at https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3895680 Accessed on: 15 jan. 2021.
Government Decree of December 27. 2012 No. 1406, Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation. January 7, 2013, N 1, Art. 13.


Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary Adopted by the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders held at Milan from 26 August to 6 September 1985 and endorsed by General Assembly resolutions 40/32 of 29 November 1985 and 40/146 of 13 December 1985. Available at https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/IndependenceJudiciary.aspx Accessed on: 15 jan. 2021.

There is pressure on judges, and this is bad - Interview of the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation V.M. Lebedev, Available at https://pravo.ru/news/view/52774/ Accessed on: 15 jan. 2021.

Federal Law of December 17, 1998 N 188-FZ "On Justices of the Peace in the Russian Federation", Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation. December 21, 1998, N 51, Art. 6270.

Conclusion of the Consultative Council of European Judges for the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe N 18 (2015) "The state of the judicial system and its interaction with other branches of government in a modern democratic state". In: Bulletin of the European Court of Human Rights. Russian edition. N 12, 2016.

DIKOVA, I.V. The independence of the judiciary: a modern view. In: Siberian Legal Review, Irkutsk, N 3, July-September 2019.

LEBEDEV, V.M. Guarantees of the independence of the judiciary in the Russian Federation: concept, history of formation and the current state. In: Journal of Russian Law, Moscow, N 11, November 2019.

MAMONTOV, A.G. Independence and legality of a modern court: myth and reality. In: History of State and Law, Moscow, N 11, 2012.

CONCI, ARCARO Luiz Guilherme (Ed.). Crise das democracias liberais Perspectivas para os direitos fundamentais e a separação de Poderes. Sao Paolo: Editora Lumen Juris, 2019.

Constitution of the Russian Federation Available at http://www.constitution.ru/10003000/10003000-3.htm Accessed on 11 jan. 2021.

CRIADO de Diego, M. Sobre el concepto de representación política: lineamientos para un estudio de las transformaciones de la democracia representativa. In: Revista Derecho del Estado, 28, jun. 2012.

GASTL, J.; LEVINE, P. Deliberative Democracy Handbook. Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the 21st Century / ed. by John Gastl and Peter Levine. San Francisco, 2005.
PAVLOVA, T.V. Deliberation as a factor in the constitution of the field of modern politics. In: Political Science, Moscow, N 2, 2018.

PRZEWORSKI, A. Crises of Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Descargas

Publicado

2021-06-02

Cómo citar

Abramova, E. (2021). IS THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY ACHIEVABLE? (CASE STUDY OF MAGISTRATES IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA). Revista Da Faculdade De Direito De São Bernardo Do Campo, 27(1), 8. Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.direitosbc.br/fdsbc/article/view/1066

Número

Vol. 27 Núm. 1 (2021): REVISTA DA FACULDADE DE DIREITO DE SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO

Sección

Artigos

Licencia

TERMO DE CESSÃO DE DIREITOS AUTORAIS

 

Pelo presente instrumento jurídico particular, na condição legal de autor(a) e detentor(a) dos direitos autorais sobre a obra ora apresentada para avaliação, transfiro integralmente, pelo presente Termo de Cessão de Direitos Autorais, à Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo – Autarquia Municipal, sediada na Rua Java, 425, Jardim do Mar, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, CEP 09050-450, inscrita no Cadastro Nacional de Pessoa Jurídica sob o número 59.108.100/0001-89, os direitos de edição, publicação, ditribuição, reprodução em qualquer formato (impresso, digital ou qualquer outra plataforma) e forma de comercialização, bem como todos os elementos que possam conter, patrimoniais ou não, referentes à esta obra, com fundamento nos artigos 28 a 33 da Lei Federal nº 9.610, de 19 de fevereiro de 1998 (Lei de Direitos Autorais), para a finalidade específica de publicação na Revista da Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo e Repositório Eletrônico, podendo ser o artigo livremente consultado e reproduzido.
Fico ciente, ainda, que tal transferência se dá por prazo de forma definitiva e irretratável.

Estou ciente de que o envio da obra implica na concordância total com o acima exposto.