Stashkiv N. The principle of respect for the court: theoretical and legal research.

The dissertation is a modern complex theoretical and legal research of the principle of respect for the court, its substantiation as a fundamental basis of the functioning of the judiciary and one of the important principles of the legal state. Different sources were worked out during the study, which are not equal in their scientific significance, but their aggregate has made it possible to cover completely the actual material, certain arguments and the reliability of conclusions. In scientific work it is substantiated that respect for the court is the principle of the legal state, because the state cannot be legal without independent, trong and authoritative judiciary, and the respect for the court is the precondition for real judicial independence, and, therefore, the efficiency of judicial power. It is the respect for the court as an original, fundamental idea, that will provide a kind of credit of public trust, when each person, even if the decision is not in his favour, will equally consider it to be correct, legal and fair, based on the general belief in the authority of the judiciary. The principle of respect for the court is one of three pillars, along with the competence of judges and the independence of the judiciary, which a democratic and legal state is based on.