Russian Justice

Russian Justice (Российская юстиция) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific and practical legal journal published in Russia. It is the oldest legal journal in the country, tracing its origins to 1 January 1922, when the first issue of the Weekly of Soviet Justice (Еженедельник Советской Юстиции) was printed. The journal is included in the list of scientific journals of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, recommended for publishing the main scientific results of dissertations for candidate and doctoral degrees. The publication was established by the People's Commissariat of Justice of the RSFSR and was initially published by the Legal Publishing House of the NKJ RSFSR, now the Yuridicheskaya Literatura (Legal Literature) Publishing House of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. Over its long history, the journal has changed names and frequency: from the Weekly of Soviet Justice (1922–1929) to Soviet Justice (1930–1993), and finally to Russian Justice after re-registration on 27 December 1993. Its founders today are the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Justice of Russia, and the Supreme Court of Russia. The journal covers a wide range of legal topics, including commentary on Russian and foreign legislation, judicial decisions, analysis of judicial, arbitration, prosecutorial, notarial, and advocacy practice and statistics, precedents of the European Court of Human Rights, international legal standards, and documents of the UN and Council of Europe. Its authors include judges and specialists of the Supreme Court, the Higher Arbitration Court, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, officials of the Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, renowned lawyers and notaries, and legal scholars from leading Russian and foreign academic institutions. Russian Justice is aimed primarily at judges, other legal professionals whose work is closely connected with the judicial system and courts, as well as legal scholars and practitioners. It has evolved from an ideologically oriented publication to a more informative one, focusing on the professional needs of the legal community. The journal remains an important platform for legal discourse in Russia.

The history of Russian Justice begins on 26 October 1921, when the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Justice of the RSFSR, responding to the resolution of the XI All-Russian Conference of the RCP(b) on the transition to peaceful economic construction and the establishment of strict principles of revolutionary legality, adopted a decision to publish a weekly newspaper to strengthen the propaganda of Soviet law and develop it. However, on 7 December 1921, this decision was changed: the NKJ collegium decided to publish not just a newspaper (the Bulletin of the NKJ) but a journal, the Weekly of Soviet Justice. The first issue was printed in the typography of the Cheka (Bolshaya Lubyanka St., 18) and was published on 1 January 1922 with a circulation of 15,000 copies. The journal was launched with the active participation of the People's Commissar of Justice D. I. Kursky. The publisher was the Legal Publishing House of the NKJ RSFSR (now the Yuridicheskaya Literatura Publishing House of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation), and the editorial office was located in Moscow, the Kremlin, the building of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. The Weekly was sent free of charge to all judicial institutions. Within a few years, its circulation reached 30,000 copies. From 1928, the Weekly began to appear three times a month with a supplement, Judicial Practice of the RSFSR, edited by the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR, P. I. Stuchka. In January 1930, due to a change in frequency, the Weekly of Soviet Justice received a new name: Soviet Justice. In connection with the reorganization of the NKJ, from September 1936 to March 1938, Soviet Justice was published simultaneously as the printed organ of the People's Commissariat of Justice of the USSR, the Supreme Court of the USSR, the People's Commissariat of Justice of the RSFSR, and the Supreme Court of the RSFSR. In 1941, the frequency increased to weekly, and its circulation reached 35,000 copies, but with the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the publication was interrupted for a long time (the last issue was published on 19 June 1941). In March 1957, the publication of Soviet Justice resumed. The journal became the printed organ of the Ministry of Justice of the RSFSR and the Supreme Court of the RSFSR, and was initially published monthly with a circulation of 13,000 copies, but by 1975 it was published twice a month, and its circulation exceeded 125,000 copies. In 1991, after the adoption of the USSR law on the press, the founders of Soviet Justice again were the Ministry of Justice of the RSFSR and the Supreme Court of the RSFSR. After registration as a mass media outlet, Soviet Justice remained a structural subdivision of the Yuridicheskaya Literatura Publishing House (as a department). The program goals and objectives of the journal were declared as: coverage of the political and legal life of the RSFSR in the conditions of state sovereignty, issues of building a democratic legal state, legal regulation of relations with the USSR and other union republics, between subjects of the Russian Federation; explanation and commentary on legislation and judicial practice; use of legal means in the transition to a market economy; promoting the development of democracy, strengthening legality and law and order. On 27 December 1993, the journal was re-registered with the Ministry of Press and Information of the Russian Federation. The journal became known as Russian Justice, and its founders were the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The frequency changed again: it became monthly. The goals and objectives of Russian Justice lost their political orientation. In the re-registration statement, the founders stated the journal's task as: disseminating socially significant and professionally necessary information about the work of legislative and law-making bodies of the Russian Federation. Over the last decade, the journal has gradually moved away from performing ideological tasks, becoming more informative, focusing its publications primarily on the interests of judges and other lawyers whose professional activities are closely connected with the judicial system and courts.

• 1993

  On 27 December, the journal is re-registered and renamed Russian Justice; founders are the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation; frequency becomes monthly.

• 1991

  After the USSR law on the press, the founders are again the Ministry of Justice of the RSFSR and the Supreme Court of the RSFSR; the journal remains a structural subdivision of the Yuridicheskaya Literatura Publishing House.

• 1975

  The journal is published twice a month, circulation exceeds 125,000 copies.

• 1957

  In March, publication of Soviet Justice resumes as the organ of the Ministry of Justice of the RSFSR and the Supreme Court of the RSFSR, monthly, circulation 13,000 copies.

• 1941

  Frequency increases to weekly, circulation reaches 35,000 copies; publication interrupted on 19 June due to the Great Patriotic War.

• 1936

  From September 1936 to March 1938, Soviet Justice is published as the organ of the NKJ USSR, Supreme Court USSR, NKJ RSFSR, and Supreme Court RSFSR.

• 1930

  In January, the journal is renamed Soviet Justice due to a change in frequency.

• 1928

  The Weekly begins to appear three times a month with a supplement, Judicial Practice of the RSFSR.

• 1922

  First issue of the Weekly of Soviet Justice published on 1 January, circulation 15,000 copies.

• 1921

  On 26 October, the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Justice of the RSFSR decides to publish a weekly newspaper; on 7 December, the decision is changed to publish a journal, the Weekly of Soviet Justice.

Russia's oldest legal journal, aimed at judges, legal professionals, and scholars, providing authoritative commentary and analysis on Russian and international law.

• Russian Justice monthly journal

  Monthly peer-reviewed scientific and practical legal journal, the oldest legal journal in Russia.

• VAK-listed scientific publication

  Included in the list of scientific journals of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

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