Introduction of Right of Judicial Precedent is Inevitable in Armenia

[Navasardian Karapet]

INTRODUCTION OF RIGHT OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENT IS INEVITABLE IN ARMENIA,
CHAIRMAN OF RA COURT OF CASSATION SURE

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The discussion promoted at the August
25 meeting of heads of the justice and judicial systems of Armenia
with Tigran Tevrizian, a US retired federal judge of Armenian origin
was dedicated to possibilities of usage of the right of judicial
precedent in Armenia. Hovhannes Manukian, the Chairman of the RA Court
of Cassation mentioned that an approach process of two legal systems,
continental and Anglo-Saxon, is going on in the world. According to
his estimation, usage of particularly, the right of judicial precedent
developed in the American judicial system is unavoidable in the
nearest future, in Armenia which is on the eve of the second stage of
the judicial-legal reforms. H.Manukian mentioned that conditioned by
the implementation of the consitutional reforms, some objective
necessity also arose to change the system. According to him, it is
envisaged, based on the constitutional reforms, to review the laws "On
Judge's Status," "On Forming Court" and "On Justice Council"
foundamentally.