Judicial discretion and judicial precedent: a legal linguistic context

Introduction: in modern science, there is an interest in legal linguistics, which is aimed at solving various problems. Starting from linguistic expertise and ending with methodological recommendations for the development of texts of draft laws. The issue of recognizing judicial precedent as a source of Russian law is relevant. At the heart of the legal linguistic context, judicial discretion and judicial precedent are concepts that require analysis. The paper discusses the concepts of judicial discretion and judicial precedent. Their specifics and characteristic features are defined, and the place of judicial precedent in the system of Russian law is highlighted. The role of the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the differences between the plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the judicial precedent are analyzed. The study highlighted the distinctive features that distinguished judicial discretion from other types of law enforcement discretion.