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Law and the Russian state : Russia's legal evolution from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin

Part of the The Bloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series series
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Russia is often portrayed as a regressive, even lawless country, and yet the Russian state has played a major role in shaping and experimenting with law as an instrument of power.

In Law and the Russian State, William E. Pomeranz examines Russia’s legal evolution from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin, addressing the continuities and disruptions of Russian law during the imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet.

The book covers key themes, including:* Law and empire* Law and modernization* The politicization of law* The role of intellectuals and dissidents in mobilizing the law* The evolution of Russian legal institutions* The struggle for human rights * The rule-of-law* The quest to establish the law-based stateIt also analyzes legal culture and how Russians understand and use the law.

With a detailed bibliography, this is an important text for anyone seeking a sophisticated understanding of how Russian society and the Russian state have developed in the last 350 years.

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Bloomsbury Academic
1350170534 / 9781350170537
Paperback / softback
25/06/2020
United Kingdom
English
240 pages
24 cm
Reprint. Originally published: 2019.