Judicial Doctrines in the Field of Bankruptcy

The paper continues the author’s series of scientific developments on the theoretical foundations of judicial enforcement in bankruptcy cases. The main driver of bankruptcy law today is judicial law-making. This is due to objective reasons: due to rapid socio-economic changes, the legislator does not have time to regulate the spheres of public relations that are the subject of bankruptcy law. Courts have to solve non-trivial tasks when considering bankruptcy cases in conditions of a shortage of legislative matter. The procedural form of bankruptcy proceedings is also far from perfect. These circumstances actualize the issue of the formation of judicial doctrines in the field of bankruptcy, namely special methodological principles implying scientifically based approaches to resolving insolvency cases. The paper substantiates the need for judicial doctrines in the field of bankruptcy law, suggests their concept, reveals their essential features, and distinguishes judicial doctrines from related categories. In addition, the study focuses on the contribution of Professor V. V. Lazarev (1940–2025) in the development of the Russian school of legal theory. It is emphasized that the theoretical and legal ideas and concepts of the scientist on the establishment and elimination of gaps in law, the role of the court in this process, an integrative approach to understanding law, the place of judicial practice in the legal system are relevant for the development of legal regulation of insolvency (bankruptcy).

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