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Law on the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation - Russian Federation - Russia and the Republics Legal Materials - Second Series
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Preview Page Article 1. Judges: Bearers of Judicial Power
1. Judicial power in the Russian Federation shall belong only to courts in the person of judges and representatives of the people enlisted in the instances established by a law to the effectuation of justice.
2. Judicial power shall be autonomous and shall operate independently of legislative and executive power.
3. Persons endowed with powers in a constitutional procedure to effectuate justice and perform their duties on a professional basis shall be judges in accordance with the present Law.
4. Judges shall be independent and shall be subordinated only to the Constitution of the Russian Federation and law. They shall be accountable to no one in their activity with regard to the effectuation of justice [as amended by Federal Law of 21 June 1995].
5. The manifestation of disrespect to the court or to judges shall entail the responsibility established by a law.
6. The demands and instructions of judges when effectuating their powers shall be binding upon all without exception State agencies, social associations, officials, and other juridical and natural persons. Information, documents, and copies thereof necessary for the effectuation of justice shall be submitted at the demand of judges free of charge. The failure to execute the demands and instructions of judges shall entail the responsibility established by a law
William E. Butler, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Law in the University of London, attached to University College London, is the John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law at the Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, and Founder and Director of The Vinogradoff Institute.
An authority on the legal systems of Russia and former Soviet nations, he is the author, co-author, editor or translator of more than 3,500 books and articles on Russian, Soviet, Kazakhstan, Ukrainian, Uzbekistan, and other Commonwealth of Independent States legal systems. He has acted as Counsel to the EBRD, European Union, World Bank, United Nations, and Department for International Development of the United Kingdom on individual law reform projects.
The recipient of numerous honors for his service to Russian and international law, Professor Butler is Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Associate of the International Academy of Comparative Law, and Member of the Russian Academy of Legal Sciences. He has been elected to his fourth term as a member of the Russian International Court of Commercial Arbitration. In 2003 Professor Butler was awarded the G. I. Tunkin Medal by the Russian International Law Association.
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