THE INTERPRETATION OF LAW BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MODERN LEGAL SYSTEM (The end)
The article considers the place and role of interpretations of the legal norms given by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in the legal system of Russia. Based on the views of representatives of the sociological school of law, the position is based on which such interpretations are sources of law (the so-called "living law"). The general assessment of the system of interpretation of law in force in the Russian Federation is given, under which the Supreme Court exercises an official interpretation of law. On concrete examples it is shown that the highest judicial instance applies all the methods of interpretation developed by the science of the theory of law: literal, systemic, teleological, historical. The hierarchy of interpretations of legal norms by the Supreme Court (definitions on specific cases, reviews of judicial practice, decisions of the Plenum) is formulated, each of which "steps" is a prerequisite for the subsequent. The significance of the interpretation of the highest judicial instance for the development of the legal system is shown, in particular, in filling legal gaps, in resolving legal conflicts, in applying existing legal regulation to dynamically changing and complicated public relations, and in the mutual influence of interpretation of law and lawmaking. The latest trends in the development of judicial interpretation of law are demonstrated, in particular, the emergence of the so-called "preemptive" explanations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court.