Abdulin R.S. The place and role of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (RSFSR) and Russian Federation within judicial administration

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the place and role of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (RSFSR) and Russian Federation within judicial administration and internal systemic administration of the modern judicial authority. The author raises the question about the legal nature of the ruling positions of the Plenums of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (RSFSR) and Russian Federation, since there is no concurrence on this matter and the issue continues to remain controversial. The author comes to the conclusion that the status of the rulings of the of the Plenums of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (RSFSR) and Russian Federation is not correctly formulated within legislative acts. The competency of the Plenum – “de jure” is the interpretation and clarification of the acting legislation, while “de facto” is practically the current authority of judicial administration, which combines various branches of cognition and administration. The scientific novelty is established by the very posing of the question and by the fact that the goals and tasks in this article have not yet been approached from this perspective within Russian juridical science. The author makes an attempt to understand the process of activity of this collegial branch within judicial administration during the Soviet era and the internal systemic administration of the present time.

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