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Russia's 1993 Constitution Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation shall be appointed by the Federation Council upon a submission from the President of the Russian Federation. The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, in response to complaints against the violation of constitutional civil rights and liberties and requests of courts, shall verify the constitutionality of the law applied or applicable in a specific case, in accordance with the procedure established by federal law. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is the supreme judicial body for civil, criminal, administrative and other cases assigned to courts of general jurisdiction, shall carry out in the procedural forms envisaged by federal law supervision of their activity and shall give clarifications on questions concerning judicial practice. www.therussiasite.org /legal/laws/constitution.html   (11290 words)

Law of the Russian Federation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has jurisdiction to determine the constitutionality of regulations issued by government agencies. Article 15 of the Constitution reads that it “shall have supreme legal force and have direct effect, and shall be applicable throughout the entire territory of the Russian federation.” Courts are guided by the Constitution and it trumps federal and local laws. The primary and fundamental statement of laws in Russian Federation is the Constitution of Russian Federation. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Law_of_the_Russian_Federation   (1073 words)

LLRX.com - Researching Intellectual Property Law In The Russian Federation The Russian judiciary branch consists of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Arbitration, and Prosecutor General’s Office. The Russian judiciary is split into three parts: the regular court system with the Supreme Court at the top, the arbitration court system with the Supreme Court of Arbitration at the top, and the Constitutional Court, a single-standing body with no courts under it. Russian Federation is a federal rule-of-law state with the republican form of government and at least a de jure commitment to the principles of democracy. www.llrx.com /features/russiaiplaw.htm   (7552 words)

LLRX.com - Material on Russian Federation Law in English: Selection of Sources Two successive issues of the journal are devoted to translations of decisions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation between 1995 and 1998 dealing with federalism. These 2 issues include a translation of the 1994 Law on the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the first eleven decisions issued in 1995, including the decision and dissents on the constitutionality of the War in Chechnia. 4A contains Rules of The International Arbitral Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. www.llrx.com /features/russian.htm   (7552 words)

Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet: World Constitutions/Comparative Constitutional Law Russian Constitutional Court: Constitutionality of the Russian Federation Law on "Cultural Objects Removed to the U.S.S.R. as a Result of World War II and Located in the Territory of the Russian Federation", No. Constitutional Courts (links to 25 courts worldwide from the Council of Europe's Venice Commission or European Commission for Democracy Through Law; was at http://www.coe.fr/venice/venice.htm) Constitutions of Francophone Countries (Agence pour la Francophonie; constitutions in French; see also Association des Cours Constitutionnelles ayant en Partage l'Usage du Français which includes databases for searching the full texts of constitutional and legislative documents, administrative rules, jurisprudence, and doctrine of 36 countries by keyword, country name, and fields) www.lib.uchicago.edu /~llou/conlaw.html   (2425 words)

LLRX.com - A Guide to Russian Legal Research Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation are appointed by the Federation Council following nomination by the President of the Russian Federation. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is composed of its Chairman, first deputy and deputies of the Chairman, the justices of the Court and People’s assessors. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation «On Plenipotentariary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal District» (13.05.2000) www.llrx.com /features/russia.htm   (2425 words)

Russia's 1993 Constitution Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation shall be appointed by the Federation Council upon a submission from the President of the Russian Federation. In the Russian Federation State authority shall be exercised by the President of the Russian Federation, the Federal Assembly (Federation Council and State Duma), the Government of the Russian Federation and courts of the Russian Federation. Federal laws shall be passed by a majority of the votes of the total number of deputies of the State Duma, unless otherwise envisaged by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. www.therussiasite.org /legal/laws/constitution.html   (11290 words)

Aussenpolitikforschung der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Meeting in Moscow on 30 September at the Russian Constitutional Court, the representatives of 62 subjects of the Federation demanded that the siege of the parliament building be lifted by midnight, 30 September. At the end of the last plenary meeting of the Constitutional Assembly (12 July) the decision was made for all subjects of the Federation to discuss the draft of the constitution at their Soviets and the possibilities of adopting it. The plans concerning the creation of the Federation Council were great - it could have been the school of federalism, the most powerful political force and the axis of Russian political development. www.fes.de /fes-publ/texte/russian.html   (11290 words)

LLRX.com - A Guide to Russian Legal Research Federal legislation can be initiated by the President of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council, the State Duma, the Government of the Russian Federation, legislative and executive bodies of sub units of the Russian Federation, as well as by the Constitutional Court, Higher Commercial Court, and the Supreme Court of General Jurisdiction. Federative relations were formed on the basis of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federative Treaty and agreements between the federal center and the subjects of the federation. Federal laws take effect only after they are signed by the President of the Russian Federation and published in the official source for federal laws newspaper "Rossiiskaya Gazeta" ( http://www.rg.ru/oficial/). www.llrx.com /features/russia.htm   (11290 words)

The Armed Conflict in Chechnya before the Russian Constitutional Court The Court proves to be fully conscious that even the highest bodies of the Russian Federation must comply not only with constitutional provisions, but also with international rules whenever such rules impinge upon the conduct of State organs at home or abroad. Under the principle of the rule of law laid down in the Russian Constitution, the Court emphasised that `the bodies of power in their activities are bound both by internal and international law'. Secondly, the Court underscored that according to the Russian Constitution and the U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights `victims of any violations, crimes and abuses of power shall be granted efficient remedies in law and compensation for damages caused'. www.ejil.org /journal/Vol7/No4/art7-03.html   (365 words)

Amnesty International Report 2002 - Europe - RUSSIAN FEDERATION A 1999 ruling by the Constitutional Court had banned the imposition of death sentences until the jury trial system had been introduced throughout the Federation; jury trials at the time were available in only nine of the Federation's 89 regions. Elsewhere in the Russian Federation there were continuing reports of torture and ill-treatment in police custody and of cruel, inhuman and degrading prison conditions. AI delegates visited the Russian Federation, including Moscow and the Republics of Kalmykia, Tatarstan, and Ingushetia, in February, July, September, October, November and December. web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/eur/russian+federation!Open   (365 words)

Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 began in earnest on September 21, when Russian President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the country's legislature (Congress of People's Deputies and its Supreme Soviet), which was opposing his moves to consolidate power and push forward with unpopular neoliberal reforms. Although Gennady Zyuganov and other top leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation did not participate in the events, individual members of communist organizations actively supported the parliament. Valery Zorkin, chairman of the Constitutional Court, was forced to resign. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_constitutional_crisis_of_1993   (365 words)

The Internet in the Service of Constitutionalism: Project CoCoNet In this first stage, four courts were selected: (1) the Constitutional Court of Hungary, in Budapest; (2) the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, in Kosice; (3) the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, in Brno; and (4) the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, in Moscow. Constitutional courts in the postcommunist countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been either newly established or rebuilt on new democratic principles. On the other hand, there is public interest in constitutional issues among lawyers and teachers who specialize in constitutional law, law students doing their Ph.D. research in this area, journalists writing about political cases, and ordinary citizens interested in the role of a constitutional court or the pictures and biographies of constitutional justices. www.isoc.org /inet97/proceedings/G7/G7_2.HTM   (365 words)

Chapter 4. The President of the Russian Federation The Constitution of the Russian Federation The President of the Russian Federation, in circumstances and according to the rules envisaged by the federal constitutional law, shall introduce a state of emergency in the territory of the Russian Federation or in its certain parts and immediately inform the Council of the Federation and the State Duma about this. The oath shall be taken in a solemn atmosphere in the presence of members of the Council of the Federation, deputies of the State Duma and judges of the Constitution Court of the Russian Federation. The President of the Russian Federation may use conciliatory procedures to solve disputes between the bodies of state authority of the Russian Federation and bodies of state authority of the subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as between bodies of state authority of the subjects of the Russian Federation. www.constitution.ru /en/10003000-05.htm   (365 words)

Balticdata - Russia - The Institute of President in the Russian Federation After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the President, the Supreme Soviet and the Constitutional Court became the three pillars of the new post-Soviet Russian Federation. Vladimir Putin was elected the President of the Russian Federation in March 2000. Since 1999 the Russian Federation has had unique period in its history with rather stable system of political institutions and record-breaking figures of economic growth, currency stability, balanced budget and rapid growth of living standards in all strata of the population. www.balticdata.info /russia/politics/president.htm   (365 words)

pr_archiv.html V.Zorkin, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, to Canada - On Russia-Canada negotiations in Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Fradkov's nomination the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation www.rusembcanada.mid.ru /pr_archiv.html   (365 words)

IJNL Vol 6 Iss 1: RUSSIAN FEDERATION CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISIONS ON RUSSIA’S 1997 LAW “ON FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS” Federal Constitutional Law on the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, adopted by the State Duma, June 24, 1994, adopted by the Federation Council, July 12, 1994, Chapter 1, Article 1, http://ks.rfnet.ru/english/ksengl.htm. H. Gadzhiyev, Decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation as the Source of Law, Law and Life, 2000 No. 26, electronic version of the printed magazine, http://www.pravogizn.h1.ru/KSNews/PIG_4.htm. Constitution of the Russian Federation, December 12, 1993, Articles 28 and 30, Institute of Religion and Law, “Religious Associations: Freedom of Conscience and Religion; Normative Acts and Judicial Decisions,” Moscow, Jurisprudence, 2001, at 43-44. www.icnl.org /JOURNAL/vol6iss1/rel_thomasprint.htm   (365 words)

ELS - ERD - Law By Country - Other Countries Emphasizes "sites offering the full texts of laws, regulations, and court decisions, along with commentary from lawyers writing primarily for other lawyers." Cornell Law Library: Foreign and International Law Sources on the Internet -- Thorough and carefully organized pages of annotated links to law resources for each country. Global Legal Information Network -- A database, hosted by the Library of Congress, of full-text "laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources" presented in the official language of the country with summaries or abstracts in English. www.law.emory.edu /LAW/refdesk/country/foreign/russia.html   (482 words)

russia.con.html The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, proceeding from complaints about violation of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens and requests from courts shall review the constitutionality of the law applied or due to be applied in a specific case in accordance with procedures established by federal law. The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation shall also have the right of legislative initiative within their jurisdiction. The status of a territory, region, federal city,and autonomous region and autonomous area shall be determined by Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Charter of the territory, region, city of federal importance, autonomous region, autonomous area, adopted by the legislative (representative) body of the relevant subject of the Russian Federation. www.washlaw.edu /forint/europe/russia.con.html   (482 words)

Encyclopedia: Politics of Russia In addition, the president submits candidates to the Federation Council for appointment as justices of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and the Superior Court of Arbitration, as well as candidates for the office of procurator general, Russia's chief law enforcement officer. The Russian Federation Constitutional Court was reconvened in March 1995 following its suspension by President Yeltsin during the October 1993 constitutional crisis. Russian is proclaimed the state language, although the republics of the federation are allowed to establish their own state languages for use alongside Russian. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-Russia   (482 words)

Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet: World Constitutions/Comparative Constitutional Law Russian Constitutional Court: Constitutionality of the Russian Federation Law on "Cultural Objects Removed to the U.S.S.R. as a Result of World War II and Located in the Territory of the Russian Federation", No. Constitutions of Francophone Countries (Agence pour la Francophonie; constitutions in French; see also Association des Cours Constitutionnelles ayant en Partage l'Usage du Français which includes databases for searching the full texts of constitutional and legislative documents, administrative rules, jurisprudence, and doctrine of 36 countries by keyword, country name, and fields) The Constitution of 1958 and Its Amendments (French Constitution in English translation; translation prepared by the Press, Information and Communication Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Affairs Department of the National Assembly, May 1997) www.lib.uchicago.edu /~llou/conlaw.html   (2425 words)

Russia (08/05) The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation is a court of limited subject matter jurisdiction. The system of general jurisdiction courts includes the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, regional level courts, district level courts and justices of the peace. The court also is authorized to rule on violations of constitutional rights, to examine appeals from various bodies, and to participate in impeachment proceedings against the president. www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3183.htm   (8155 words)

Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet: World Constitutions/Comparative Constitutional Law Russian Constitutional Court: Constitutionality of the Russian Federation Law on "Cultural Objects Removed to the U.S.S.R. as a Result of World War II and Located in the Territory of the Russian Federation", No. Constitutional Courts (links to 25 courts worldwide from the Council of Europe's Venice Commission or European Commission for Democracy Through Law; was at http://www.coe.fr/venice/venice.htm) Constitutions of Francophone Countries (Agence pour la Francophonie; constitutions in French; see also Association des Cours Constitutionnelles ayant en Partage l'Usage du Français which includes databases for searching the full texts of constitutional and legislative documents, administrative rules, jurisprudence, and doctrine of 36 countries by keyword, country name, and fields) www.lib.uchicago.edu /~llou/conlaw.html   (2425 words)

Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet: World Constitutions/Comparative Constitutional Law Russian Constitutional Court: Constitutionality of the Russian Federation Law on "Cultural Objects Removed to the U.S.S.R. as a Result of World War II and Located in the Territory of the Russian Federation", No. Constitutional Courts (links to 25 courts worldwide from the Council of Europe's Venice Commission or European Commission for Democracy Through Law; was at http://www.coe.fr/venice/venice.htm) Constitutions of Francophone Countries (Agence pour la Francophonie; constitutions in French; see also Association des Cours Constitutionnelles ayant en Partage l'Usage du Français which includes databases for searching the full texts of constitutional and legislative documents, administrative rules, jurisprudence, and doctrine of 36 countries by keyword, country name, and fields) www.lib.uchicago.edu /~llou/conlaw.html   (2425 words)

Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet: World Constitutions/Comparative Constitutional Law Russian Constitutional Court: Constitutionality of the Russian Federation Law on "Cultural Objects Removed to the U.S.S.R. as a Result of World War II and Located in the Territory of the Russian Federation", No. Constitutional Courts (links to 25 courts worldwide from the Council of Europe's Venice Commission or European Commission for Democracy Through Law; was at http://www.coe.fr/venice/venice.htm) Constitutions of Francophone Countries (Agence pour la Francophonie; constitutions in French; see also Association des Cours Constitutionnelles ayant en Partage l'Usage du Français which includes databases for searching the full texts of constitutional and legislative documents, administrative rules, jurisprudence, and doctrine of 36 countries by keyword, country name, and fields) www.lib.uchicago.edu /~llou/conlaw.html   (2425 words)

AllRefer.com - Russia - Judicial Reform - Structure of the Judiciary Russian Information Resource Under the constitution, judges of the three highest courts serve for life and are appointed by the Federation Council after nomination by the president. The Constitutional Court also resolves jurisdictional disputes between federal or local organs of power, and it also may be asked to interpret the federa l constitution. The nineteen-member Constitutional Court decides whether federal laws, presidential and federal decrees and directives, and local constitutions, charters, and laws comply with the federal constitution. reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/russia/russia153.html   (683 words)

Encyclopedia: Politics of Russia The Russian Federation Constitutional Court was reconvened in March 1995 following its suspension by President Yeltsin during the October 1993 constitutional crisis. The presidential election of 1996 was a major episode in the struggle between Yeltsin and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Kommunisticheskaya partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii--KPRF), which sought to oust Yeltsin from office and return to power. Russian is proclaimed the state language, although the republics of the federation are allowed to establish their own state languages for use alongside Russian. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-Russia   (13065 words)

CIA - The World Factbook -- Russia Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Superior Court of Arbitration; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president former: Russian Empire, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic : federal cities: Moskva (Moscow), Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg) www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html   (13065 words)

East European Constitutional Review On April 11, the Constitutional Court ruled that provisions in the Law on the Procuracy, which permit procurators to appeal to courts of general jurisdiction for decisions on the correspondence or lack thereof between the subjects’ laws and the Russian Constitution, were constitutional. Eventually, the federal Law on the Principles and Procedure for Differentiating the Areas of Jurisdiction and Authority between the Organs of State Power of the Russian Federation and the Organs of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation was signed on April 25, 1997, by President Yeltsin. At that point, acting president Putin and the Supreme Court filed in the Constitutional Court for a resolution in favor of local courts.6 www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol10num1/special/hahn.html   (4482 words)

CIA - The World Factbook -- Russia Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Superior Court of Arbitration; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president former: Russian Empire, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 49 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respublik, singular - respublika), 10 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnykh okrugov, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 6 krays (krayev, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast') www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html   (1739 words)

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