Law and the Russian State - Russia's Legal Evolution from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin

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 state It 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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• Authors: Michael Melancon, William Pomeranz, William (Georgetown University Pomeranz, William E Pomeranz, William E. Pomeranz, William E. (Georgetown University Pomeranz
• Assisted by: Michael Melancon (Editor), Jonathan Smele (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781474224222
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-2422-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Bloomsbury History of Modern R; The Bloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series; The Bloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series; Bloomsbury History of Modern R
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, LAW / Legal History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, Legal History, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Russia / General