PART III  CHAPTER 5. NATIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEMS

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I’m keeping an open mind for the moment. Пока у меня нет никакого мнения на этот счет. 
1. What is the core of the separation of powers and the system of the checks and balances? What is the 
role of judiciary? 
2. Does the society really need judiciary? Can we live without this branch? 
3. What rights do the citizens have in this sphere? 
4. Do you feel that courts can protect your rights? 
2. Прочитайте и переведите текст. 
 
The existing judicial system of the Russian Federation was formed and is being developed as a result 
of a judicial reform carried out in Russia from the beginning of the 90s with the purpose to create and 
maintain the judicial power in the state mechanism as an independent branch of power, free from 
political and ideological bias, independent in its activities from the executive and legislative branches 
of power. Independent, competent law court is an important component of a democratic state. In the 
area of justice, special attention is given to implementation of the principle of rule of law, in particular, 
independence of judges, access to justice and right to fair trial. 
The Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 became the main legal basis for the 
introduction of the judicial reform. For the first time the Constitution contained a Chapter “Judicial 
Power” according to which the state power in the Russian Federation should be exercised on the basis 
of its division into legislative, executive and judicial powers, and all these branches of power should be 
independent. The structure of the judicial system of the Russian Federation and the sphere of activities 
of its various parts are determined by the Constitution and federal constitutional laws. 
According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation only the courts can enforce justice in 
the Russian Federation. Judicial power enforces justice by means of constitutional, civil, 
administrative and criminal proceedings. It is forbidden to establish extraordinary courts. 
The Federal Constitutional Law on Judicial System of the Russian Federation was adopted in 
late 1996 and enacted on the 1st of January 1997. Along with the Constitution of Russia, the Law is 
the basis of legal regulation, organization and activity of all judicial bodies in the country. All other 
federal constitutional and federal laws in the area of judicial organization comply with this Federal 
Constitutional Law. Judicial system in Russia is a combination of judicial bodies that exercise 
functions of the judiciary and share the same tasks and methods of work. 
The judicial power in Russia is exercised by the Constitutional Court of the RF, general 
jurisdiction courts and arbitration courts by means of constitutional, civil, administrative and criminal 
judicial proceedings. Courts, in turn, are divided into federal courts and courts of the constituent 
entities of Russia.
Under the constitution all trials in all law courts are open (the hearing of a case can be in 
camera in cases provided by the federal law) and conducted on an adversarial and equal basis.
The judiciary of the Russian Federation is formed according to the following principles: 
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Judges are appointed (federal court judges are appointed by presidential order); 
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Candidates for positions of a judge in the Russian Federation's Constitutional Court, 
Supreme Court and the Higher Arbitration Court are approved by the Parliament's upper 
chamber on the President's recommendation; 
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There is a system of reappointment (a federal court judge is appointed for the first time for 
a three year term, at the end of which he can be reappointed to that position for an 
unlimited period until he reaches retirement age); 
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There is an enforced retirement age for judges (70 years); 
The qualifying judicial board is a key body for preparing and making decisions on appointing, 
reappointing and ending the terms of judges, as well as for rating their performance. The judicial board 

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mainly consists of representatives of the judiciary; it is also mandatory that a representative of the 
president of the Russian Federation should be on the board. Apart from the functions of selecting the 
membership of the community of judges, the qualifying judicial board has to supervise the judges' 
activities. If a judicial board receives complaints about a judge's activity, the judge could be subject to 
a disciplinary penalty or suspended from his duties. 

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