FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE “MUNICIPAL FILTER”

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
ROMAN MARKOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Public Power ◽  
Constituent Entity ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Sharp Criticism

The model for elections of top officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which was restored by amendments to the federal legislation in 2012, differs significantly from the previous regional election campaigns and establishes special conditions for the participation of candidates. These include support for the nomination of a candidate for the post of head of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation by representatives of local authorities elected by the population - municipal deputies and heads of municipal formations, which very quickly received the informal name “municipal filter” among lawyers, political scientists and publicists. Among other novelties of electoral legislation, it is this requirement that has been the subject of sharp criticism for ten years. Materials and methods. In preparing the article, the authors analyzed federal legislation, by-laws, election campaign materials, and judicial practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. The main methods used are technical-legal, formal-legal, comparative-legal. Results. The requirement to support the nomination of a candidate for the post of the highest official of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation can be assessed as a complex and contradictory procedure. It performs important functions in controlling the electoral process, ensuring the unity of the Russian public power system, developing local self-government, and strengthening the political and party systems. However, in modern Russian political conditions, the prevalence of a certain political force in local self-government bodies, the “municipal filter” is being transformed from a legal procedure into an instrument of unfair political struggle. Conclusions. The study substantiates the need to preserve and reform the “municipal filter” in terms of reducing the minimum and maximum levels of support for candidates and reducing the territorial coverage of municipalities in the region.

scholarly journals The Law of the Russian Federation on Amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation: Evolution of Legal Properties

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
N. E. Taeva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Public Power ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Making ◽  
Legal Force

The paper, on the basis of the analysis of legislation, the RF Constitutional Court jurisprudence, as well as practice of law-making on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, describes the process of evolution of legal properties of the law under consideration. The paper investigates such legal properties of the Law of the Russian Federation on the Amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation as legal force, the subject of the legal regulation, the procedure for adoption and entry into force. The author believes that any change of these legal properties has an impact on the legal properties of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and primarily on its stability. The paper draws special attention to the Law of the Russian Federation on Amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation as of MArch 14, 2020, No. 1-FKZ “On improvement of regulation of certain issues of organization and functioning of public power.” According to the author, there was another transformation of the legal properties of the Law on Amendment. This transformation concerns the order of its entry into force. Provisions of the Law of the Russian Federation on Amendment to the Constitution adopted in 2020 contain both norms that amend the constitutional text and norms not intended for inclusion in the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation that are technical and transitional in nature. In this regard, the author deals with the question whether the Law on Amendement itself may establish additional conditions for its entry into force other than those provided for by the federal legislation.

Features of Judicial Practice in the Russia as the Basis of Precedent

2020 ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
V. V. Levin
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Law Making

The article is devoted to the analysis of judicial practice as the basis of law-making activity in the Russian Federation, on the basis of which it is possible to create a precedent. Case law in Russia is Advisory in nature and is not mandatory for law enforcement practice. Courts use the signs of case law in their decisions in the reasoned part. Signs of case law is a ruling of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation and regulations of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals CHOICE OF THE TYPE OF PERMITTED USE OF A LAND PLOT BY ITS RIGHT OWNER: PROBLEMS OF LEGAL REGULATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
G.L. Zemlyakova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Land Plot ◽  
The Russian Federation

The reason for writing this article was the Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation of October 16, 2020 No. 42-P, the adoption of which is due to the lack of proper legal regulation of the choice of the type of permitted use of a land plot by its rightholder. Federal legislation does not directly provide for the obligation of the rightholder of a land plot to choose the type of its permitted use, and there is no procedure for its implementation. Therefore, the coercion of the rightholder to conduct cadastral registration of a land plot in connection with the choice or change of its permitted use, and even more so bringing to responsibility for the use of the land plot not in accordance with its permitted use due to failure to fulfill such an obligation cannot be recognized as legal and justified. In this regard, the author made proposals for improving the legislation.

scholarly journals Local Self-Government in the Public Government System: A New Constitutional Dimension

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Oleg A. Kozhevnikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Public Power ◽  
The Public ◽  
System A ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Law

The article analyzes certain provisions of the Law of the Russian Federation on the amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation of March 14, 2020 No. 1-FKZ “On improving the regulation of certain issues of the organization and functioning of public power” in terms of regulatory regulation of local self-government. According to the analysis the author comes to the conclusion that with the entry into effect of the mentioned legal act the content of individual elements of the constitutional-legal bases of local self-government will change, but the nature and scope of modifications in many respects will depend on the provisions of the rules of sectoral legislation aimed at implementing the relevant provisions of the Constitution. In this regard, the Federal legislator has a huge responsibility to create an “updated” legal framework for the implementation of the constitutional foundations of local self-government, taking into account the already established law enforcement practice, the positions of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation, as well as the state's international obligations under the European Charter on local self-government.

scholarly journals Preceding a decision of the Constitutional Court

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
A. N. ANTIPOV ◽  
◽  
YU. N. STROGOVICH ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Legal Position ◽  
The Russian Federation

From time to time in judicial practice situations arise when considering specific criminal cases the question is raised about the compliance of certain norms of the current legislation with the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The legal position in such cases is formed by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, which comprehensively examines the materials, referring (if necessary) for a comprehensive, in-depth study to the competent authorities and organizations and makes an appropriate decision on the presence (absence) of legal conflicts.

Law enforcement practice in the field of budget: theoretical-legal and judicial-arbitration aspects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hristina Peshkova ◽  
Vladimir Pachkun
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Financial Control ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Russian Federation

The monograph examines the practical aspects of the application of the budget legislation of the Russian Federation in judicial practice — the practice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and arbitration courts, as well as the functions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on the interpretation of budget legislation. The article analyzes the theoretical and legal provisions of law enforcement activities in the field of the budget, as well as the categories of budget and legal science. For legal scientists, graduate students, students of legal educational organizations, as well as practitioners of courts, financial control bodies and other state and municipal institutions.

scholarly journals The Legal Doctrine in the Activities of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

Russian judge ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Olga O. Nebratenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
National Body ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Source Form ◽  
Short Time

The article is devoted to the study of legal doctrines in the activities of the national body of constitutional justice. In legal science, judicial practice, and state-legal reality, the term “doctrine” in various combinations has become one of the most widely used and ambiguous. At present, the attitude to the legal doctrine is changing, which in a short time has gone from an unused regulator of legal relations in the Russian legal system to an optional one, giving way only to the dominant source (form) of law — a normative legal act. References to doctrines in the final acts of the constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, as well as their direct formulation and use, are a special subject of research activity, which determines the practical significance of the proposed article.

scholarly journals Responsibility of Individuals Managing a Legal Entity

Lex Russica ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Meteleva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Legal Entity ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
The Russian Federation

The problem of liability of persons managing a legal entity was raised in Russian civil law after the adoption of legislation on joint-stock companies. At the beginning, it was more theoretical in nature, since the civil legislation did not contain any mechanisms for the implementation of such liability. To date, due to the reform of the Civil Code and changing approaches in jurisprudence, disputes concerning property liability of directors have formed a considerable category of cases. The paper analyzes the elements of such civil wrongs as damage caused to a legal entity by persons who are members of the managerial boards and are able to exercise a significant impact on such boards. All elements of the civil wrong under consideration are being analyzed: the act, the consequences (damage), the causal link between the act and the consequences, and the fault of the wrong-doer. The paper also elucidates the participants involved in such disputes. Exploring specific court cases, the author shows which acts of directors are recognized by the courts as illegal, what restrictions are expressed in the legal standings of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation to qualify as illegal different acts of directors and other persons. In the vast majority of cases of this category, persons exercising the functions of the sole executive body are prosecuted. Sometimes they are also the participants at the same time. The scope of persons covered by the term “determining the acts of a legal entity” is not defined in the law, which also hampers judicial practice. Judicial proceedings bringing such persons to justice are exceptional. Therefore, the author proposes to define in the Civil Code all persons who can commit an act and thereby cause damage to a legal entity. In addition, it is proposed to establish criteria of unreasonableness and dishonesty of actions of directors and other persons.

Dual Citizenship in Russia

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Alexander Salenko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Dual Citizenship ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

In the USSR, the dual citizenship was expressly prohibited by the Soviet law. After Perestroika, a new stage of Russian statehood began: on 12 December 1993, the Constitution of the modern Russian Federation was adopted, which granted Russian citizens the right to have dual citizenship. Over the past twenty-five years, a new legislation has been adopted on the Russian citizenship, migration, and the state policy regarding compatriots living abroad. During these years, millions of Russian citizens have obtained second (multiple) citizenship, and with it came to questions, disputes and problems that required mediation of the Russian judiciary. In this regard, the main purpose of this article is to analyze the existing domestic legislation and international treaties of Russia on dual citizenship, to determine the dual citizenship regime in Russia - to examine the existing restrictions on the rights and freedom of persons with dual citizenship, and also to study the disputes on dual citizenship in the Russian Federation, in particular to scrutinize the judicial practice (leading cases) of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. Based on an analysis performed in the article, the author draws conclusions regarding the further development of dual citizenship within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, and also investigates prospects of the Eurasian citizenship in the framework of the Eurasian Union. In addition, the author makes a proposal to Russian authorities to make information on registered Russian citizens with dual (multiple) citizenship more accessible and transparent, and also to adopt at the federal level a document on the Russian state policy regarding dual citizenship.

Review of the Practice of Consideration of Cases of Administrative Offenses under Article 6.1.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 60-75
Author(s):  
T. V. Fedorova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Administrative Code

The review examines the procedure for judges of courts of General jurisdiction in resolving cases of administrative offenses under article 6.1.1 of the administrative Code of the Russian Federation, and analyzes the practice of courts in various regions of the Russian Federation. The paper offers solutions to controversial issues of judicial practice, considers the positions of the constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the circumstances to be clarified in the case of an administrative offense under article 6.1.1 of the administrative Code of the Russian Federation.

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