Russia and its Constitution
Promise and Political Reality
Biographical note
Gordon B. Smith, Ph.D. (1976) in Political Science, Indiana University, is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies at the University of South Carolina. He has published extensively on Russian politics and law including "Reforming the Russian Legal System" (Cambridge, 1996).
Robert Sharlet, Ph.D. (1968) in Political Science, Indiana University, is the Chauncey Winters research Professor of Political Science at Union College. He is the author of seven books and numerous articles on Russian politics and law, including editor of "Public Policy and Law in Russia" (Martinus Nijhoff, 2005).
Robert Sharlet, Ph.D. (1968) in Political Science, Indiana University, is the Chauncey Winters research Professor of Political Science at Union College. He is the author of seven books and numerous articles on Russian politics and law, including editor of "Public Policy and Law in Russia" (Martinus Nijhoff, 2005).
Readership
Students and scholars of Russian politics, law and society, as well as people interested in comparative politics, and comparative law and constitutions.
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
William B. Simons
Introduction: The Promise of the Russian Constitution
Gordon B. Smith
Chief Justices of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: 1990 to the Present
Part I: Constitutional Promise and Political Realities
Chapter 1: Constitutionalism and Accountability in Contemporary Russia:
The Problem of Displaced Sovereignty
Richard Sakwa
Chapter 2: The Russian Constitutional Court’s Long Struggle for Viable Federalism
Robert Sharlet
Chapter 3: Russia’s Constitutional Spirit: Judge-Made Principles in Theory and Practice
Alexei Trochev
Part II: Constitutional Practice and Legal Obstacles
Chapter 4: Press Freedom in Russia: Does the Constitution Matter?
Peter Krug
Chapter 5: The Procuracy: Constitutional Questions Deferred
Gordon B. Smith
Chapter 6: Modern Russian Criminal Procedure: The Adversarial Principle and Guilty Plea
Stanislaw Pomorski
Chapter 7: Jury Trial and Adversary Procedure in Russia: Reform of Soviet Inquisitorial procedure or Democratic Window-Dressing?
Stephen C. Thaman
Chapter 8: Russia’s Constitutional Project and Prospects for the Future
Gordon B. Smith
About the Authors
List of Russian-Language Abbreviations
Index
Preface
William B. Simons
Introduction: The Promise of the Russian Constitution
Gordon B. Smith
Chief Justices of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: 1990 to the Present
Part I: Constitutional Promise and Political Realities
Chapter 1: Constitutionalism and Accountability in Contemporary Russia:
The Problem of Displaced Sovereignty
Richard Sakwa
Chapter 2: The Russian Constitutional Court’s Long Struggle for Viable Federalism
Robert Sharlet
Chapter 3: Russia’s Constitutional Spirit: Judge-Made Principles in Theory and Practice
Alexei Trochev
Part II: Constitutional Practice and Legal Obstacles
Chapter 4: Press Freedom in Russia: Does the Constitution Matter?
Peter Krug
Chapter 5: The Procuracy: Constitutional Questions Deferred
Gordon B. Smith
Chapter 6: Modern Russian Criminal Procedure: The Adversarial Principle and Guilty Plea
Stanislaw Pomorski
Chapter 7: Jury Trial and Adversary Procedure in Russia: Reform of Soviet Inquisitorial procedure or Democratic Window-Dressing?
Stephen C. Thaman
Chapter 8: Russia’s Constitutional Project and Prospects for the Future
Gordon B. Smith
About the Authors
List of Russian-Language Abbreviations
Index
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