THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUDICIARY IN BELARUS: HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS
Abstract
Тhe article considers the process of formation of the judiciary on the basis of the historical stages of its development. The author analyses legal acts regulating the exercise of the judicial power, determines the main periods and directions of its improvement. Special attention is paid to the development of the judiciary in the period of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Russian Empire, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Republic of Belarus. Based on the analysis of the regulatory framework, a general description of the judiciary carrying out justice at these stages of development of the judicial system. The author also examines judicial reform specific to certain historical periods. Summing up, the author formulates the conclusions which describe out the main outcomes of the judicial reforms, and established judicial institutions at different historical stages.
About the Author
Ju. V. Kochurko
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Ph. D. (Law), Head of scientific-organizational, analytical and legal work
Belarus
Ph. D. (Law), Head of scientific-organizational, analytical and legal work
References
1. Vasilevich, G. A. (2001), Konstitutsiya Respubliki Belarus‘ (nauch.-prakt. komment.) [The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (scientific and practical commentary)], Pravo i ekonomika, Minsk, BY.
2. Filipchik, R. I. (2004), ″Historical and legal aspects of the origin and development of the right to judicial protection in the evolution of the judiciary in Belarus″, Vestnik Vysshego Konstitutsionnogo Suda Respubliki Belarus’ [Bulletin of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus the Constitutional], no. 2, pp. 22–29.
3. Vіshneўskі, A. F. and Yukho, Ya. A. (1998), Gіstoryya dzyarzhavy і prava Belarusі ў dakumentakh і materyyalakh: sa starazhytnykh chasoў da nashykh dzen: vuchebny dapamozhnik [History of state and law in Belarus, the documents and materials: from ancient times to the present day: a training manual], in ed. Vіshneўskі, A. F., Akademіya MUS, Minsk, BY.
4. Danilevich, A. A., Zaitseva, L. L., Martinovich, I. I. and Soltanovich, A. V. (2002), Sudoustroistvo : uchebnik dlya vuzov [Judicial system: a textbook for high schools], in ed. Danilevich, A. A. and Martinovich, I. I., Amalfeya, Minsk, BY.
5. Boriko, S. V. (2000), Sudoustroistvo: uchebnik [Judicial system: a textbook], Amalfeya, Minsk, BY.
6. Bibilo, V. N. (2000), Sudoustroistvo v Respublike Belarus’ [The judicial system in the Republic of Belarus], Pravo i eko nomika, Minsk, BY.
7. Chirkin V. E. (1999), Gosudarstvovedenie: uchebnik [Gosudarstvovedenie: textbook], Yurist, Moscow, RU.
8. Danilevich, A. A., Zaitseva, L. L., Martinovich, I. I. and Soltanovich, A. V. (2002), Sudoustroistvo : uchebnik dlya vuzov [Judicial system: a textbook for high schools], in ed. Danilevich, A. A. and Martinovich, I. I., Amalfeya, Minsk, BY.
9. Demichev, D. M. (2004), Konstitutsionnoe pravo: uchebnoe posobie [Constitutional law: a tutorial], Vysheishaya shkola, Minsk, BY.
10. (2007), ″On the State Sovereignty of the Republic of Belarus: The Declaration of the Supreme Council of Belarus, July 27, 1990, number 193-XII: In red. Rep Law. Belarus on 19 September. 1991, at 1085-XII″, Available at: http://pravo. levonevsky.org/bazaby/org66/master/text1775.htm, (Accessed 7 May 2016).
11. (2007), ″On the basic principles of democracy in the Republic of Belarus: Law of the Republic of Belarus, 27 February. 1991, number 651-XII: In red. Rep Law. Belarus on Nov 11. 1991, 1240-XII (repealed)″, Available at: http://pravo.levonevsky. org/bazaby/zakon/zakb1478.htm, (Accessed 7 May 2016).
Review
Views:
2768
Email this article 