Code of Judicial Ethics and disciplinary responsibility of judges

This article discusses the meaning and content of the Code of Judicial Ethics, approved by the All-Russian Congress of Judges VIII December 19, 2012. Considered the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, and their influence on the formation of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation regarding the role of the Code of Judicial Ethics in the system of legal acts of the Russian Federation. The article examines the nature of disciplinary responsibility of judges, draws conclusions about the need to strengthen the role of the Code of Judicial Ethics, which should unreservedly recognized as a normative act, which has full legal force.