ON THE CONCEPT OF “JUDICIAL POWER”

Abstract

The present article considers the notion of judicial power. The understanding of the
given term becomes topical in the context of realization of a judicial reform. The understanding
of the essence and purpose of the judicial power depends on the political order,
the state structure, and perceptions of power itself. Thus, in the late XIX – early XX c. the
judicial power was regarded as a means of exercising the royal authority. After the Revolution
of 1917 the judiciary was considered as “a tool for nurturing discipline”. Nowadays
under the judicial power one should understand the realized in the manner prescribed by
law influence on the part of the country on the behaviour of people, their associations,
organizations and other legal entities, conducted by means of the activity of judicial bodies
of the Russian Federation. The judiciary’s purpose is to resolve disputes, arising in the
activities of individuals, the society and the state. It is an institute formed by the state to
exercise its administrative functions. Being an independent branch of power the judiciary
has the following characteristics: self-reliance, independence, absoluteness, exceptional
character of activities and implementation within certain procedures.