title: The impact of the transformation of the justice system on ensuring the independence of judges, prosecutors, and investigators
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metadata.value: Bochkarev, Sergey A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-10-22T12:33:43Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-10-22T12:33:43Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Bochkarev, Sergey A. 2020. “The impact of the transformation of the justice system on ensuring the independence of judges, prosecutors, and investigators”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Law 3: 625–638.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2020.306
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/20032
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines the transformation processes of the domestic justice system over the past
  thirty years. The influence of structurally applied modifications of the system on its intangible
  aspects (independence, internal conviction, freedom of assessment, etc.), contributing to the
  administration and achievement of justice, is evaluated. Particular attention is paid to the
  study of the impact of justice reforms on the independence of its institutions and representatives because without guarantees and a state of independence, justice loses its meaning and
  turns into its opposite. According to the results of the study, it was revealed that organizational
  and structural measures to ensure the independence of the main subjects of legal proceedings were not complex, individual, and local in nature. The restructuring of the investigating
  authorities and the prosecutor’s office in 2007–2019, as well as the modification of the judicial system, were aimed at minimizing interdepartmental and interinstitutional dependence.
  However, the transformations did not affect the aspect of ensuring intra-departmental and
  intra-institutional independence of their subjects. As a result, the administrative dependence
  of an ordinary employee of the justice system in regard to his immediate supervisor remained
  at the same level. An assessment of the shortcomings of the reform made it possible to predict that the structuring of the justice system in the short and medium term will not lead
  to increased independence of investigators, prosecutors, and judges as a key and expected
  result. Ultimately, it will be reflected in the fact that for a long time these representatives did
  not subordinate to the law, but conversely they were placed in a position controlled by higher
  management and taught to properly comply with requirements.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for basic research under research project
  No. 18-011-01232 “The Condition of the domestic system of justice: an inside look at its autonomy and
  independence”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Law;Volume 11; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: independence of justice
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: transformation of the justice system
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: law enforcement agencies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: independence
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: judge
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: investigator
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: prosecutor
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: restructuring
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: reform
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The impact of the transformation of the justice system on ensuring the independence of judges, prosecutors, and investigators
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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