Law
The judiciary is primarily regulated by the Constitution of Russia, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the 1996 Federal Constitutional Law on the Judicial System of the Russian Federation. The Constitution states that the judicial branch is independent of the legislative and executive branches, but there have been serious violations of the accepted separation of powers doctrine.
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“No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.”
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