DISCIPLINARY LIABILITY OF JUDGES

The review provides a detailed analysis of the draft Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation "On judicial practice of applying legislation on disciplinary liability of judges", identifies the main tasks assigned to the creation of the project, and studies the general orientation and specificity. The author considers the purpose of creation, which is to protect the rights and legitimate interests of the judge in case of violation by being subjected to disciplinary action, highlights the strong and weak aspects of the project, evaluates legal technique, and explores the conceptual apparatus and the language used to create the project provisions. The paper shows the shortcomings of this draft resolution; moreover, it marks both system ones and of private nature, existing in the framework of single provisions of the draft; and finally it offers various ways to eliminate them. Draft Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation "On judicial practice of applying legislation on disciplinary responsibility of judges" aims at replacing the decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court dated 31 May 2007 № 27 (in the red. May 20, 2010), so the review carries out their comparative analysis.

disciplinary liability, Administrative Procedure Rules, qualification board of judges, disciplinary case, Code of Judicial Ethics, disciplinary penalty, ruling, Plenum of the Supreme Court of the RF, community of judges, termination of powers, general jurisdiction court