Tsaliev, A.M. On the need for the further decentralization and democratization of the judicial branch of power in Russia

Abstract: The article is devoted to the topical problems of decentralization and democratization of the judicial branch of power in the Russian Federation. Based upon the analysis of federal and regional legislation, the author illustrates the positive dynamics in resolving these problems, such as introduction of the institution of non-judicial (preliminary to judicial) dispute regulation among the participants of civil law relations, the new Federal Law “On alternative procedure of dispute resolution with the help of mediator (On Mediation)”, the Federal Law “On Access to Information to the Court Activities in the Russian Federation”, etc. Taking into account the positive experience of the foreign states, the author proposes to apply a number of efficient measures, which are aimed for the improvement of judicial structure and procedure in the Russian Federation. In particular, he finds it necessary to optimize the correlation of federal and regional judicial bodies, to provide legislative guarantees for the more active participation of people in the formation of the judicial corpus, to widen the scope of forms of participation of people in implementation of justice, to spread the practice of non-judicial and preliminary-to-judicial dispute resolution, etc.

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