Reforming the Russian Legal System

Reforming the Russian Legal System
Author: Gordon B. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1996-12-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521456692

This book examines how traditional indigenous Russian legal values and the 74-year experience with communism and "socialist legality" are being combined with Western concepts of justice and due process to forge a new legal consciousness in Russia today.

State-building in Russia

State-building in Russia
Author: Gordon B. Smith
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1999
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780765602763

The challenge of a new democracy, the author argues, is the creation of effective and authoritative political institutions. Focusing on Yeltsin's Russia, this book examines this question with reference to democratization, national identity, legal reform and other issues.

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Soviet Politics

Soviet Politics
Author: Gordon B. Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1992
Genre: History
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The second edition of a text which contains substantial historical background information and an examination of the Gorbachev regime.