Legal and Doctrinal Justification of the Request of the Soviet Society for Creation of a Unified Judicial Center, the Supreme Court of RSFSR

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the relations connected with the establishment of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR in 1923. The approaches to the legislative consolidation and solution of practical issues of the organization of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR are being investigated, when with the end of the Civil war there was a request for a judicial system that would eliminate dualism associated with the existence of a system of revolutionary tribunals, ensure the rule of law and contribute to the protection of new social relations. It is concluded that the creation of the Supreme Court as the highest centralized judicial body with cassation, supervisory, control, and leadership functions, with activities for instructing courts and interpreting law, allowed the implementation of the principle of a single court, understood as the unity of the judicial system. The study shows that the highest party and Soviet authorities took part in solving organizational and personnel issues at the establishment of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR. The article analyzes issues related to determining the limits of independence of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR and its relations with other bodies. The Supreme Court of the RSFSR was the highest judicial link for courts of general jurisdiction and for special courts, creating conditions for ensuring the unity of judicial practice in the RSFSR.