Prospects for improving the legal status of the judiciary in the Russian Federation

Purpose: Examine the right of legislative initiative of the judiciary through the prism of the system of checks and balances, identify problematic aspects, and attempt their resolution. Methodology: We used the methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, legal modeling and forecasting legal and formally-legal method. Results: The article examines one of the elements of the system of checks and balances associated with the right of legislative initiative of the judiciary. The analysis is through the lens of the legal tradition of Russia. The author substantiates the necessity of improving the legislation in accordance with the existing mechanism of checks and balances. Novelty/originality/value: The scientific novelty is to identify limitations in the activities of the judiciary regarding legislative initiatives. Originality due to the specific approach to the subject of the research through the prism of the system of checks and balances. The value of the article lies in an attempt to determine the prospects of development of the judiciary as part of the system of checks and balances.