The use of legal scholarship by the courts of Ukraine

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.134.78782

Keywords:

citation practice, judicial opinion, judicial decision, legal doctrine, legal scholarship

Abstract

The specific features of the use of legal scholarship by the courts of Ukraine have been analyzed in the paper. The reasons of lack of the established practice of scholarly writings citation in court decisions have been considered.

Author Biography

Igor Victorovych Semenihin, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Assistant of the Department of Theory of State and Law

Candidate of Legal Sciences

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Published

2016-10-12

How to Cite

Semenihin, I. V. (2016). The use of legal scholarship by the courts of Ukraine. Problems of Legality, (134), 8–14. https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.134.78782

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Theory of state and law