Judicial precedent as an element of the modern legal system of the Russian state: possibility and consequences of recognition as an official source of law

The article examines the possibility and consequences of recognizing a judicial precedent as a source of law in Russia by means of a comparative legal method, forecast and historical analysis. The purpose of the work is to identify at the conceptual level whether the recognition of judicial precedent as an official source of law contributes to the improvement of the domestic judicial system, to increase its effectiveness, and if it does, how its implementation should be carried out in the already established system of sources of Russian law. It is concluded that, depending on the chosen regulatory model, the recognition of a precedent as an official source of law will either lead to the need to make minor adjustments to the current legislation, or to a radical transformation of the entire legal system of Russia.