Reforming the Russian legal system /

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Author / Creator:Smith, Gordon B.
Imprint:Cambridge, Eng. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c1996.
Description:xiii, 311 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge Russian paperbacks 11
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2600580
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ISBN:0521450527
052145669X (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical reference (p. 284-306) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Pre-revolutionary Russian law
  • 2. The Bolshevik experience
  • 3. The history of legal reform
  • 4. Forging a new constitution
  • 5. Citizens and the state: the debate over the Procuracy
  • 6. In search of a just system: the courts and judicial reform
  • 7. Law and the transition to a market economy
  • 8. Legal reform in the republics
  • 9. Legal reform and the transition to democracy in Russia
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index