Efficiency of the Use of Judicial Resources and Problems of Court Organization[Эффективность Использования Судебных Ресурсов И Проблемы Организации Судов]

The subject of this article is the problem of optimization of courts in the conditions of an increading number of applications and limited resources that do not allow coping with the growing and often excessive volume of judical work. In order to model a rational modern judicial organization, which excludes imbalance and excessive load of courts, the work widely uses economic approaches related to redistribution of judicial resources, including judicial personnel and judicial budget. The purpose of the paper is to develop and substantiate the main provisions of the theory of judicial economy related to optimal distribution of limited resources of the judicial system (personnel; financial, material and technical resources etc.). The authors come to the conclusion that the outlines of the modern system of federal courts of general jurisdiction in Russia formed in the 1960s and do not conform to modern realities. The organization of the Russian judicial system at the present time does not correspond the changed socio-demographic factors, the need to create high-tech 'electronic courts' and concentration of resources, the specialization of judges, and trends in transport accessibility. Under these circumstances and in the context of a shortage of the judicial budget, it is necessary to create legal mechanisms aimed at effective management of limited judicial resources, including the definition of judicial burden, the optimuization of the number of courts and judicial personnel, and the enlargement of judicial areas.