Politics, Judicial Review, and the Russian Constitutional Court

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-33492-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 217 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 283 g

Reihe: St Antony's Series

Analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an independent judiciary here; yet a potentially powerful constitutional court has existed for 20 years.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thorson, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword The Russian Constitutional Court in Comparative Perspective Establishing Judicial Review in Russia The Politics of Judicial Review in Russia, 1989-2010 USSR Constitutional Oversight Committee, 1989-1991 The First Russian Constitutional Court, 1991-1993 The Second Russian Constitutional Court, 1994-2010 Three Attempts to Establish Judicial Review in Russia Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

CARLA THORSONVice President of Public Programs, World Affairs Council of Northern California, USA. She is a specialist in Russian Politics and has held previous positions at UCLA, RAND, RFE/RL Inc., and IREX.