Brezhnev, O.V. Reform of the constitutional justice in Russia in 2009 – 2010: some results and perspectives.

Abstract: In 2009 – 2010 the Russian legislators made a number of decisions, regarding a reform of the constitutional justice. The article is devoted to the most important changes, regarding the new procedure for assignment of the Chairman and vice-Chairmen of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, grounds and procedure for the pre-term dismissal from the position, abolishment of the Chambers of the Constitutional Court, changes in the conditions for the acceptability and procedure of review of complaints of citizens and requests of courts by the Constitutional Court, as well as introduction of a novel form of procedure without actual hearing. Based on historical and comparative legal studies, the author shows positive and negative elements of legal regulation of judicial constitutional control in Russia, then the author points out the most important tendencies, as reflected in the modern approaches to organization and competence of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

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