Explanations of plenums ofthe supereme courts onjudicial practiceissuesas aspecific form of judiciallaw-makingin Russia

Abstract

The article deals with the question of judicial law-making of the high courts of the USSR and the Russian Federation. The main attention is paid to the law-making powers of the plenums and presidiums of the supreme courts. On the basis of the analysis the legislation andjudicial practice the author makes a conclusion that the legal positions formulated by the plenumsand presidiums of the supreme courts of Russia aresources of law which have specific legal nature.

Keywords

• судебное правотворчество
• разъяснения по вопросам судебной практики
• источник права
• прецедент
• высшие суды Российской Федерации
• правовые позиции