Law of Russia
The primary and fundamental statement of laws in the Russian Federation is the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Statutes, like the Russian Civil Code and the Russian Criminal Code, are the predominant legal source of Russian laws.
Type of legal system[edit]
During the Soviet period, Russian law was considered to be socialist law. Since the fall of the Soviet Union that is no longer the case, and most scholars have classified the Russian legal system as a civil law system. However, there are problems with this new classification (similar to the ones that plagued Russia's classification as a socialist law country).[3] Some legal branches could be considered as the mix of civil law and common law. For, example civil procedural law is considered by Dmitry Maleshin as a mix of civil law and common law.[4]
The Constitution of Russia instructs the president either to reject the laws passed by parliament, or to sign and publish them.[5]
The Constitution of Russia and the Federal Law "On the Procedure for the Publication and Entry into Force of Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws, Acts of the Chambers of the Federal Assembly" dated 14.06.1994 No. 5-FZ establish that laws that have not been officially published are not applied.[6]
Federal laws, federal constitutional laws and acts (usually resolutions) of the chambers of Parliament are subject to publication. International treaties ratified by the Parliament are published together with the laws on ratification.
Laws are published within 7 days after being signed by the President and come into force after another 10 days, unless otherwise provided in the law itself.[7]
The official publication of the law in Russia is the first publication of the full text: