Constitutional legal meanings of the current judicial reform

The article is devoted to the analysis of the constitutional and legal meanings of the judicial reform on the creation of cassation and appeal courts of general jurisdiction through the prism of the goals of the judicial reform: increasing the status and role of courts in society and the state, empowering judges with powers arising from the Constitution of the Russian Federation; creation of legal and economic guarantees for the independent and efficient activity of judges; optimal arrangement of the judicial system, which ensures the maximum proximity of the courts of first instance to the population, the presence of higher courts necessary to exercise the right of interested persons to appeal against court decisions, as well as to ensure the uniform application of federal legislation throughout the territory of the Russian Federation; establishment of a proper procedure for considering cases, ensuring the availability of the court for all interested parties, the possibility of equal participation of the parties in the adversarial process, the issuance of legal and well-founded court decisions, their appeal; ensuring the execution of decisions that have entered into legal force; formation of a highly qualified judiciary; ensuring an increase in the level of professional training of judges and employees of the court apparatus in terms of their weltanschauung, education and moral, strong-willed qualities to fulfill their constitutional duties. The analysis of the effectiveness of these courts in terms of citizens' access to justice and the principle of legal certainty is carried out. The authors pay attention to the basic principles of training judges.