O.V. ZAYTSEV, 

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Higher School of 

Jurisprudence of the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of the Russian Presidential 

Academy of National Economy and Public Administration 

In this article, the author considers the role and influence of judicial decisions as precedents and judicial practice on the regulation of social relations. The importance of judicial practice in the Russian legal system is great, and the question of its role in regulating, first of all, civil legal relations is actually complicated. The question of the role of judicial decisions in regulating civil legal relations has a long history. It is generally accepted that a judicial precedent, which essentially resolves a case, is not recognized as a source of law in Russia but a single position regarding its concept and legal essence was not decided yet. The author examines the various court decisions and their ability to have the functions and influence of the precedent (in classic conception) on the subsequent judicial practice and the development of civil legal relations. The influence of judicial practice on the regulation of public relations cannot be limited to the compulsion of clarifications contained in decisions of the highest judicial instances. 

Keywords: judicial decision; precedent; judicial practice; public relations; civil procedure. 

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Information about the author 

Zaytsev O.V. (Moscow, Russia) – Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Higher School of Jurisprudence of the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (119571, Moscow, Vernadsky Av., 82, Bldg. 1; e-mail: ov.zaytsev@ migsu.ru).

 Recommended citation 

Zaytsev O.V. Rol’ sudebnykh reshenij (pretsedentov) i sudebnoj praktiki v regulirovanii obshchestvennykh otnoshenij [The Role of Judgments (Precedents) and Judicial Practice in Regulation of Public Relations]. Вестник гражданского процесса = Herald of Civil Procedure, 2018, no. 2, p. 105–136. (In Russian) DOI: 10.24031/2226-0781-2018-8-2- 105-136