The Role of the Decisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in the Issuance of Judicial Acts

Abstract

The article examines the role of the Institute of Rulings of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, its theoretical perspectives, the issues arising in law enforcement practice, and deals with various aspects of the enforcement of these legal relations. The normative qualities of the Resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation are considered, there is a discussion about the obligation of their application by lower courts, the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation on the basis of which the Plenum carries out its work are analyzed. The authors put forward their strategies for considering the considered aspects of the practical application of the norms of law. The major objective of the paper consists in a comprehensive study of the position and role of the Plenum’s Resolutions in the domestic legal system. The objectives of the research include the study of legal norms and institutions, the analysis of existing legal concepts and theories, as well as the development of new concepts or the support for one of the existing theories.