Judging Russia : Constitutional Court in Russian Politics, 1990-2006 / Alexei Trochev.
2008
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Judging Russia : Constitutional Court in Russian Politics, 1990-2006 / Alexei Trochev.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description
1 online resource (xii, 371 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: three puzzles of post-communist judicial empowerment
Non-linear judicial empowerment
Making and re-making constitutional review Russian-style
Russian constitutional review in action (1990-1993)
Decision-making of the 2nd Russian constitutional court: 1995-2006
The constitutional court has ruled ... what next?
The 2nd Russian constitutional court (1995-2007): problematique of implementation
"Tinkering with judicial tenure" and "wars of courts" in comparative perspective.
Non-linear judicial empowerment
Making and re-making constitutional review Russian-style
Russian constitutional review in action (1990-1993)
Decision-making of the 2nd Russian constitutional court: 1995-2006
The constitutional court has ruled ... what next?
The 2nd Russian constitutional court (1995-2007): problematique of implementation
"Tinkering with judicial tenure" and "wars of courts" in comparative perspective.
Summary
This is a study of the actual role that the Russian Constitutional Court played in protecting fundamental rights and resolving legislative-executive struggles and federalism disputes in both Yeltsin's and Putin's Russia. Trochev argues that judicial empowerment is a non-linear process with unintended consequences and that courts that depend on their reputation flourish only if an effective and capable state is there to support them. This is because judges can rely only on the authoritativeness of their judgments, unlike politicians and bureaucrats, who have the material resources necessary to respond to judicial decisions. Drawing upon systematic analysis of all decisions of the Russian Court (published and unpublished) and previously unavailable materials on their (non-)implementation, and resting on a combination of the approaches from comparative politics, law, and public administration, this book shows how and why judges attempted to reform Russia's governance and fought to ensure compliance with their judgments.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511511226 ebook
9780521887434 (hardback)
9780521173353 (paperback)
9780521887434 (hardback)
9780521173353 (paperback)
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