The precedent system as a source of law in the Russian Federation: the theoretical and legal analysis

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Judicial precedents are court decisions regarding specific cases, which then become the norm for considering similar cases. In world practice, judicial precedents are one of the sources of law. The development of this institution in Russia raises certain questions, but the introduction of the precedent system into the legal proceedings of the Russian Federation has its significant advantages.

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Ivan А. Danilov

The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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Email: dpranepa@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 5042-9179

Cand. Sci. (Law), Rector Assistant, Associate Professor, Head of issues at the Department of Management of state and municipal property, Director of the scientific and educational center «Management of State and Municipal Facilities»

Russian Federation, Moscow

Denis Yu. Petrov

The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Email: petrov-dy@ranepa.ru
SPIN-code: 1908-4025

Senior lecturer of issues at the Department of Management state and municipal property

Russian Federation, Moscow

Ivan V. Gusaim

The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Email: GusaimIvan1997@yandex.ru
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Postgraduate student of the Department of Legal Support for National Security of the Law Faculty named after M. M. Speransky of the Institute of Law and National Security

Russian Federation, Moscow

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