Armenian Legal System

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INSTITUTE OF PRECEDENT IN THE COURT SYSTEM OF ARMENIA

 

Today the RA Court of Cassation organized a discussion titled «The RA Court

system after the Constitutional Referendum» together with the USAID. The

discussion was presided over by the head of the Court of Cassation Hovhannes

Manoukyan.

 

He told those present that after the adoption of the Constitutional

amendments the court system will undergo serious changes. In particular,

there will be two court instances - Court of the First Instance and the

Court of Appeal. The third instance - the Court of Cassation, will be a

structure making precedent decisions which will have a power of law and be

precedent for other cases.

 

So, as a result of the adoption of the Constitutional amendments, the

institute of precedent will be adopted in Armenia. The ex Court of Cassation

will hear cases at its own choice and make decisions which will serve as

precedent for making decisions in similar cases.

 

The structure will consist of about 10-20 judges.

 

 

PS: If they do this, that would be the stupidest thing EVER! The Court system after the adoption of the Constitution changes looks like any other European court system, which is all right, but applying artificially the PRECEDENT as a source of LAW???

 

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