Abstract

The International Journal for Court Administration (IJCA) is an electronic journal which focuses on court, judicial, and justice system administration, management, and governance. It provides a platform for the professional exchange of knowledge, experience and research in those areas for a diverse audience of practitioners and academics.Its scope is international. The editors welcome submissions from court officials, judges, justice ministry officials, academic researchers and consultants whose work and interests lie in the practical aspects of the effective administration of justice.

Highlights

  • Russia currently is involved in an extensive judicial reform movement that is designed to create an effective and functioning court system based on accepted notions of best practices

  • The Judicial Reform and Creation of the Court Administrator Position In August of 2006, the Russian Federation adopted a new program designed to improve the administration of justice and to help ensure the rights and interests of citizens and organizations.[13]

  • These provisions fully correspond to the role of the court administrator as the head of the court personnel as it was positioned within the framework of the judicial reform

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Summary

The Judicial Structure

The Russian Federation shall have federal courts, constitutional (charter) courts, and justices of the peace of the constituent members/entities of the Russian Federation. Rayon or district courts function as the appeals instance for the Justices of the Peace which operate within their geographical jurisdiction or districts This first-tier system comprises 2,478 rayon courts populated by 18,000 judges and 50,931 court-support personnel. The first level includes eighty-two federal arbitration courts They comprise the arbitration courts of the various constituent members/entities of the RF and hear cases as courts of first instance. The third level comprises ten courts of arbitration districts, each of which functions as a court of cassation over a geographically designated circuit into which the arbitration courts are organized These courts review the legality of decisions rendered by first-instance courts, focusing on whether the lower court correctly applied substantive norms and procedural requirements. Arbitration courts exist to resolve disputes alleging violations of the rights business interests, and other commercial matters of enterprises, offices, organizations and private citizens in entrepreneurial and other categories of economic activity

Guarantees against Bias
The Judicial Reform and Creation of the Court Administrator Position
The Role of Court Administrators
Laws Governing Court Administrator Functions
Appointment and Subordination of Court Administrators
Additional Status Issues
Current Qualifications
Continuing Education for Court Administrators
Conclusion

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