Pre-revolutionary judicial activist, lawyer, scientist and educator I.V. Mikhailovsky: a coeval from the past
The article analyzes the life path, main works and publicly expressed positions on issues of organization of justice and the status of judiciary of pre-revolutionary judicial activist, lawyer, scientist and educator Joseph- Stephen Vikentievich Mikhailovsky. The author notes the features of Mikhailovsky’s status at the moment of writing of his major works - at the same time, he was a judicial figure and, consequently, an employee of the Ministry of Justice, on the other hand, he strongly and consistently criticized the judicial system and the personnel policy of the Ministry of Justice. The article focuses on the consistent upholding of liberal set of values in the works of I. V. Mikhailovsky, his commitment to democratic principles of justice organization. The article shows clearly expressed in the I. V. Mikhailovsky’s writings the comparison of organization of the domestic judicial system between its West European analogues and the measures of improving the national legislation developed on the basis of this comparison, which would contribute to the proper and efficient operation of the court.