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Title Russia and its constitution : promise and political reality / edited by Gordon B. Smith and Robert Sharlet.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 206 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Law in Eastern Europe ; no. 58
Law in Eastern Europe ; no. 58.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : The promise of the Russian constitution / Gordon B. Smith -- Chief justices of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation : 1990 to the present -- Constitutionalism and accountability in contemporary Russia : the problem of displaced sovereignty / Richard Sakwa -- The Russian constitutional court's long struggle for viable federalism / Robert Sharlet -- Russia's constitutional spirit : judge-made principles in theory and practice / Alexei Trochev -- Press freedom in Russia : does the constitution matter? / Peter Krug -- The procuracy : constitutional questions deferred / Gordon B. Smith -- Modern Russian criminal procedure : the adversarial principal and guilty plea / Stanisaw Pomorski -- Jury trial and adversary procedure in Russia : reform of Soviet inquisitorial procedure or democratic window-dressing? / Stephen C. Thaman -- Russia's constitutional project and prospects for the future / Gordon B. Smith.
Summary How is the Russian Constitution, ratified in 1993, being implemented today? A team of distinguished scholars assesses the promise and the realities of Russian constitutionalism in a number of critical areas.
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Subject Constitutional law -- Russia (Federation)
Constitutional law.
Russia (Federation)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Smith, Gordon B.
Sharlet, Robert S.
Other Form: Print version: Russia and its constitution. Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ©2008 9789004155350 (DLC) 2007046131 (OCoLC)180908152
ISBN 9789047423638 (electronic book)
9047423631 (electronic book)
9789004155350 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
900415535X (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004155350.i-208