Sociology of Justice in Russia

Offers a more complex and nuanced understanding of the Russian justice system than stereotypes and preconceptions lead us to believe.

List of contents

1. An introduction to the sociology of justice in Russia Marina Kurkchiyan and Agnieszka Kubal; 2. The professionalisation of law in the context of the Russian legal tradition Marina Kurkchiyan; 3. To go to court or not? The evolution of disputes in Russia Kathryn Hendley; 4. The everyday experiences of Russian citizens in Justice of the Peace Courts Varvara Andrianova; 5. In search of justice: migrants' experiences of appeal in the Moscow City Court Agnieszka Kubal; 6. When business goes to Court: Arbitrazh Courts in Russia Timur Bocharov and Kirill Titaev; 7. Journalists, judges and state officials: how Russian courts adjudicate defamation lawsuits against the media Maria Popova; 8. Accusatorial bias in Russian criminal justice Peter H. Solomon, Jr; 9. Decision-making in the Russian criminal justice system: investigators, procurators, judges and human trafficking cases Lauren McCarthy; 10. The Richelieu effect: the Khodorkovsky case and political interference with justice Jeffrey Kahn; 11. Administerial justice: concluding remarks on the Russian legal tradition Marina Kurkchiyan and Agnieszka Kubal.

About the author

Marina Kurkchiyan is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford.Agnieszka Kubal is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at the University College London.

Summary

Is the Russian justice system actually as unreliable, ineffective and corrupt as we are led to believe? This volume identifies a number of tensions in the everyday life experiences of justice that illuminate some of the less obvious layers of Russian legal tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Marina Kurkchiyan, Marina (University of Oxford) Kubal Kurkchiyan
• Assisted by: Agnieszka Kubal (Editor), Agnieszka (University College London) Kubal (Editor), Kubal Agnieszka (Editor), Marina Kurkchiyan (Editor), Marina (University of Oxford) Kurkchiyan (Editor), Kurkchiyan Marina (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781316648285
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64828-5
• No. of pages: 309
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law