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ON THE RIGHT OF A COURT OF SUPERIOR JURISDICTION ON GIVING OBLIGITARY INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW, AND LEGISLATIVE MEASURES ORIENTED TO GROWTH OF PROCEDURAL GUARANTEES OF INDEPENDENCE FOR A COURT BELOW

ON THE RIGHT OF A COURT OF SUPERIOR JURISDICTION

ON GIVING OBLIGITARY INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT INTERPRETATION

OF THE LAW, AND LEGISLATIVE MEASURES ORIENTED TO GROWTH

OF PROCEDURAL GUARANTEES OF INDEPENDENCE

FOR A COURT BELOW

M.Sh. PATSATSIYA,

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Chief Researcher at the Russian State University of Justice,

Partner of the Legal Firm Legist LLP

DOI: 10.24031/2226-0781-2019-9-3-45-60

Discussion of the procedural role of the instructions of a higher court is not new, scholars

have already noted the focus on the requirements of the mandatory implementation of

instructions of a higher court to protect the legitimate interests of citizens and organizations,

early resolution of civil disputes with the least expenditure of procedural means. Such

instructions are necessary for a lower court to properly resolve the case, as well as to

understand the essence of the mistakes which were made and not to repeat them in future

decision. Procedural scholars formulated proposals for amending the procedural legislation

in terms of the competence of higher courts (regulating the process of giving instructions

which may restrict the independence of the court of first instance). The introduction of the

proposed legal novels should lead to the fact that lower courts will often not agree with the

legal approaches reflected in the court rulings of the higher courts, rather than “listening” to

unconditionally all the judgments of the higher court. The article deals with topical aspects

of the correlation of mandatory instructions of a higher court on the interpretation of the

law and the independence of lower courts in modern civil and arbitration processes.

Keywords: binding instructions of court above; procedural guarantee of court independence

court below, reviewed case; civil procedure; interpretation of the law.

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Information about the author

Patsatsiya M.Sh. (Moscow, Russia) – Doctor of Legal Sciences, Chief Researcher at

the Russian State University of Justice, Partner of the Legal Firm Legist LLP (69 Novocheryomushkinskaya

St., Moscow, 117418, Russia; e-mail: [email protected]).

Recommended citation

Patsatsiya M.Sh. On the Right of a Court of Superior Jurisdiction on Giving Obligitary

Instructions about Interpretation of the Law, and Legislative Measures Oriented

to Growth of Procedural Guarantees of Independence for a Court Below. Herald of Civil

Procedure, 2019, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 45–60. (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24031/2226-

0781-2019-9-3-45-60

M.Sh. PATSATSIYA