The Concept of Reforming the Institute of Administrators of Federal Courts of General Jurisdiction and Federal Arbitration Courts

Abstract

The article highlights the history of the creation of the institution of administrators in Russia, examines the problems of the unsettled legal status and official position of administrators of federal courts, due to the uncertainty of their dual subordination, as well as the stages that took place in the field of reforming the institution of court administrators, and conducts a comparative analysis of the functional responsibilities of administrators of courts of general jurisdiction and administrators of federal arbitration courts. The main prerequisites for the adoption of the Concept for reforming the institution of federal court administrators are highlighted, the main goal of which was to consolidate the scope of functional responsibilities of the court administrator, which were initially derived from the organizational and support functions of the Judicial Department and from the managerial powers of the chairman of the court, and the measures taken since the adoption of the Concept for its implementation are described, as well as the results achieved at this stage. It is concluded that the results achieved during the implementation of the Concept, as well as other measures to reform the institution of court administrators, are ambiguous. An opinion was expressed on the need to reduce the scope of powers of the head of the court administrator’s office, on the current duplication of the functions of the court administrator and other employees of the court apparatus, as well as on the controversial existence of his compulsory legal education.