Russian courts of justice – difficulties of development

Russian courts of justice – difficulties of development


Kozyreva P. M.

Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), First Deputy Director of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Center for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute for Social Policy of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. pkozyreva@isras.ru

Smirnov A.I.

Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. smir_al@bk.ru

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Kozyreva P. M., Smirnov A.I. Russian courts of justice – difficulties of development. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2014. No 5. P. 68-79




Abstract

The article, based on the data of the Russian monitoring of economic situation and health of the population (RLMS-HSE), considers the problems of formation in Russia of an independent judiciary. We analyze the dynamics of public confidence in the courts, the reasons impeding its improvement.


Keywords
judicial power; judicial system; separation of powers; confidence in the courts; legal
Content No 5, 2014