Judicial Law-Making in Soviet Post Russia
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: UCL
Published: July 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781844721108
Subjects: Courts & procedure; Russia; Government - Comparative; Jurisprudence; Law; Judge-made law; Judicial process; Russia (Federation)
Description: "A novel and incisive investigation of the role of judicial precedents and customs in Russian law, this book examines the trends in the development of judge-made law in Russian civil law since the demise of the Soviet Union. Exploring the interrelated propositions that a certain creative element is intrinsic to the judicial function in modern legal systems, which are normally shaped by both legislators and judges and that the Russian legal system is not an exception to this rule, the author argues that the rejection or acceptance of judge-made law can no longer be sufficient grounds for distinguishing between common law and civil law systems for the purposes of comparative analysis." -- Publisher's information.