Taribo, E.V. Judicial doctrines and the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

Abstract: Is the term “judicial doctrine”applicable to the Russian legal system? After having studied the practice of the common law countries, such as the USA, as well as practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (more than 2500 decisions since 1995), taking into account similarity of positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in similar cases, the author draws a conclusion that there is an objective basis for the introduction of judicial doctrines into the Russian law. Moreover, the author points out that several such doctrines of the Constitutional Court of Russian Federation (such as a doctrine of latent powers of the President of the Russian Federation and a doctrine of optional tax advantages) can be singled out already.