The Rule of Law as an Emergent Social Norm: Evidence from Qualitative Research in Russia
Journal: The Law and Development Review
Year: 2021

Abstract We study attitudes to legality and the rule of law in Russia through analysis of interviews with legal and business professionals conducted in 2013–14, the high point of the stabilisation of the Russian economy and polity following the transition of the 1990s. The annexation of Crimea occurred during the course of our fieldwork but the effects of the cooling of relations with the west and the introduction of sanctions were yet to be felt. We observed a perception that the administration