To the Question of Interrelation between Judicial Acts, Judicial (Law Enforcement) Practice and Sources of Civil Law

The paper is devoted to the study of interrelation between the concepts of «judicial acts,» «judicial practice» and «sources of civil law.» The general theory of law and civil law do not contain any uniform approaches to the definition of the concepts under consideration. Therefore, the author analyses the named expressions, determines their general and specific features, and makes proposals for further improvement of civil legislation in this direction. From a general theoretical point of view, sources of law constitute external manifestations, forms of consolidation of laws and by-laws, various conditions and reasons for the emergence of existing forms of law. The concept of a source of law depends on understanding of the essence and content of the law itself. As far as is known, there are doctrines concerning natural and positive, objective and subjective law, public and private law, scientific concepts of the historical school of law, psychological school of law, etc.

Domestic legislation does not provide for the institution of judicial precedent inherent in Anglo-Saxon law. Thus, legal stances of both the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation take a special place in the legal and judicial system, they are aimed at creating a unified judicial practice throughout the country, strengthening protection of rights and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities. Judicial practice occupies an intermediate position between legal custom and law; it is formed at the discretion of a judge (judges) considering a particular case by passing a legal and fair judicial decision in writing in order to implement the current legal norm. Judicial discretion does not exclude a creative approach to the case under consideration, logical and systematic application of the law rules and unified judicial practice.

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