Defending rights in Russia : lawyers, the State, and legal reform in the Post-Soviet era

Author(s)

    • Jordan, Pamela A.

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Defending rights in Russia : lawyers, the State, and legal reform in the Post-Soviet era

Pammela A. Jordan

(Law and society series)

UBC Press, c2005

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Appendix 1 (p. [208]-213) : Surveys of advocates' opinions

Appendix 2 (p. [214]-216) : Stages in a criminal case in Russia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-272) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Pamela Jordan's engaging study of the Russian bar (advokatura)provides a richly textured portrait of how, after the USSR'scollapse, practising lawyers called advocates began to assume new,self-defined roles as contributors to legal reform and defenders ofrights in Russia. Jordan argues that the post-Soviet advokatura as aninstitution gained more, although not complete, autonomy from the stateas it struggled to redefine itself as a profession and suggests thatadvocates' work is supporting the growth of civil society and thestrengthening of human rights in Russia. However, she also warns thatsuch gains could be reversed if the Putin regime continues to flout dueprocess rights.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Russian and Soviet Bars: A Historical Perspective,1864-1984 2. The Advokatura in the Gorbachev Period, 1985-91 3. Chaos in the Advokatura, 1992-2002 4. Autonomy and Dependence: State-Bar Relations in the 1990s 5. Restructuring the Advokatura from Above, 2002-3 6. Russian Criminal Defence Advocacy in the Post-Soviet Era 7. New Trends in Advocates' Practice in the Civil Sphere Conclusion Appendices 1 Surveys of Advocates' Opinions / 2 Stages of a Russian Criminal Case / Notes / Selected Bibliography / Index /

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Details

  • NCID
    BA74128172
  • ISBN
    • 0774811625
  • Country Code
    cn
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Vancouver
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 285 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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