Administrative Justice: Comparative and Russian Context

• Author: N. Bocharova
• Position: Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
• Pages: 143-151

BRICS LAW JOURNAL Volume III (2016) Issue 3

CONFERENCE REVIEW NOTES

aDMInISTRaTIVE JuSTICE:

CoMPaRaTIVE anD RuSSIan ConTEXT

NATALIYA BOCHAROVA,

Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)

DOI: 10.21684/2412-2343-2016-3-3-143-151

Recommended citation: Nataliya Bocharova, Administrative Justice: Comparative

and Russian Context, 3(3) BRICS Law Journal 143–151 (2016).

Interna tional conference “Admin istrative Justice: Compara tive an d Russi an

Contexts” took place in Tyumen at the Tyumen State University on September 29–30,

2016 in the framework of the II Siberian Legal Forum devoted to the development

of administrative legal proceedings in Russia.

The conference was held in four sessions. The rst section was devoted to

administrative legal proceedings in economic litigation. The newly adopted

Administrative Procedure Code regulates the administrative proceedings in courts

of general jurisdiction. Commercial courts still have some competence to hear public

matters cases. Such proceedings are governed by the Commercial Procedure Code.

The retired judge of the Constitution Court of Russian Federation, professor Mikhail

Kleandrov debated if judges have got specialization after the adoption of the

Administrative Procedure Code. He pointed out that there were no real specialization

before the Code, but he characterized the new Code as “a horse’s saddle for a cow.” The

Code and other relevant legislation do not settle the peculiarities of the proceedings

or a judge legal status for the administrative proceedings. He oered to address to

German approach, in particular to give more competence in resolving public matter

disputes to district courts and to justices of the peace. Also he suggested establishing

a separate High administrative court, and later returning to the High Commercial

Court. He pointed out that some competence of the court of general jurisdiction in