Judging Russia
Subtitle: Constitutional Court in Russian Politics, 1990-2006
By: Alexei Trochev.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780521887434
Subjects: Russia (Federation). -- Konstitut︠s︡ionnyĭ Sud -- History; Constitutional courts -- Russia (Federation) -- History; Constitutional law -- Russia (Federation) -- History; Judicial review -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Description: "This book is the first in-depth study of the actual role that the Russian Constitutional Court played in protecting fundamental rights and resolving legislative-executive struggles and federalism disputes in both Yeltsin's and Putin's Russia. Trochev argues that judicial empowerment is a non-linear process with unintended consequences and that courts that depend on their reputation flourish only if an effective and capable state is there to support them. This is because judges can rely only on the authoritativeness of their judgments, unlike politicians and bureaucrats, who have the material resources necessary to respond to judicial decisions. Drawing upon systematic analysis of all decisions of the Russian Court (published and unpublished) and previously unavailable materials on their (non-)implementation, and resting on a combination of the approaches from comparative politics, law, and public administration, this book shows how and why judges attempted to reform Russia's governance and fought to ensure compliance with their judgments."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.