Russian Public Law

The most comprehensive collection of Russian legal materials ever produced in the English language on Russian public law. This volume contains sixty-two enactments and documents, some unpublished even in the Russian language, in force and devoted to the constitutional foundations of the Russian Federation, publication of legislation, human rights, the Russian Presidency, Parliament, Government, and judicial system, domestic and international arbitration, courts of all types, justices of the peace, and the legal profession, broadly defined. In this volume the legal profession encompasses the advocate, jurisconsult, notary, procurator, and law enforcement personnel, including private detectives. Particular attention is given to documents which regulate the internal workings of the Russian presidency, parliament, government, and Constitutional Court in the form of 'reglaments' and the judiciary generally.

Russia’s “Economic Constitution” - its Civil Code - establishes crucial rules for post-Soviet society: freedom of contract and from arbitrary state interference are only two examples. In this volume, distinguished Russian and foreign scholars and practitioners examine post-Soviet changes in Russian private law and their impact upon law and society.

This work traces the attempt to complete the creation of a unified legal and political system in contemporary Russia.

The most comprehensive collection of Russian legal materials ever produced in the English language on Russian public law, this volume contains sixty-two enactments and documents, some unpublished even in the Russian language, in force and devoted to the constitutional foundations of the Russian Federation, publication of legislation, human rights, the Russian Presidency; Parliament, Government, and judicial system, domestic and international arbitration, courts of all types, justices of the peace, and the legal profession;, broadly defined. In this volume the legal profession encompasses the advocate, juris-consult, notary, procurator, and law enforcement personnel, including private detectives. Particular attention is given to documents which regulate the internal workings of the Russian presidency;, parliament, government, and Constitutional Court in the form of 'reglaments' and the judiciary generally.

Monograph on the historical sources and development of law in Russia to present-day constitutional law of the USSR - covers legal theory, institutional frameworks, social reforms, the administration of justice and development of jurisprudence, and includes political aspects, sociological aspects, inheritance and land ownership, collective farming, etc.

Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Law - Public Law / Constitutional Law / Basic Rights, grade: 2,0, , language: English, abstract: The constitution of the Russian Federation (CoRF) from 1993 states in Article 1 (1) that the Russian Federation is a democratic state. Therefore, it is interesting to analyze the realization of the separation of powers in Russia in two perspectives: in terms of the legal grounds and also concerning its practical realization. As the predecessor states of the Russian Federation weren’t democracies in the western sense of the term, this research can provide insights how the separation of powers principle is managed in a newly democratized state. Thus, the role of separation of powers in the Russian Federations predecessor states will be analyzed, before the constitutional norms concerning the separation of powers will be investigated. In addition, the practical handling of separation of powers in the Russian Federation will be discussed and it will be given a short conclusion.

The book provides a detailed analysis of the freedom of expression, and of copyright legislation in Russia, always with an eye on historic comparisons and evolutions . At the same time it gives a synthetic overview of the main changes in constitutional, civil and economic law in the last 15 years.

This important new volume contains an extensive collection of Russian legal texts translated by the eminent Russian scholar William E. Butler and edited by Professor Butler and Professor Jane E. Henderson. Features unique to Russian Legal Texts: The Foundation of a Rule-of-Law State and a Market Economy include new translation of all material and introductory notes on the legislative history of each enactment, and contextual observations. The broad scope of this work provides the practitioner, legal scholar, government legal adviser, and student with an excellent reference tool for understanding contemporary Russian legal structures.