ACTIVITIES OF NEW APPEAL AND CASSATION COURTS OF GENERAL JURISDICTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

The article reveals the main provisions of the Federal Constitutional Law No. 1 of 29.07.2018 “On amendments to the Federal Constitutional Law “On the judicial system of the Russian Federation” and certain Federal Constitutional Laws” in connection with the creation of the appellate and cassation courts of general jurisdiction. The new courts, according to lawmakers’ opinion, will have to provide effective justice, which will be closer to international standards, and the process of resolving cases will become more rapid. These are the most significant changes since the adoption of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation in 2002. The purpose of the law is to unify the system of courts of general jurisdiction and arbitration courts headed by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. An important measure for the lawful and impartial review of judicial decisions is the establishment of courts of appeal and cassation. The authors of the article examine the issue from different perspectives. They mention both positive developments in the work of the new courts and some shortcomings and imperfections. The latter circumstance necessitated the writing of the article under study. The aim of the study is to explore the main aspects and features in the activities of the new appellate and cassation courts in the Russian Federation, in particular, and the judiciary in general. In addition, the authors offer to develop proposals for improving the work of certain new courts of general jurisdiction in the Russian Federation. The results of the study reflected in the article can be used in further theoretical and practical research in the field of civil and arbitration proceedings. The methodological basis of the article is the dialectical-materialistic method of cognition, system and private-scientific methods (comparative legal, formal-logical). The scope of the results: the results obtained in the course of the study should be used to improve the activities of new courts in checking the legality and validity of court decisions; prospects for the development of appeal and cassation courts and ways of improvement within the framework of the Russian civil process.

Federal constitutional law of 29.07.2018, Federal Constitutional Law №1, reform, court, cassation and appellate courts of general jurisdiction, review of court decisions