Much of the media coverage and academic literature on Russia suggests that the justice system is unreliable, ineffective and corrupt. But what if we look beyond the stereotypes and preconceptions? This volume features contributions from a number of scholars who studied Russia empirically and in-depth, through extensive field research, observations in courts, and interviews with judges and other legal professionals as well as lay actors. A number of tensions in the everyday experiences of justice in Russia are identified and the concept of the 'administerial model of justice' is introduced to illuminate some of the less obvious layers of Russian legal tradition including: file-driven procedure, extreme legal formalism combined with informality of the pre-trial proceedings, followed by ritualistic format of the trial. The underlying argument is that Russian justice is a much more complex system than is commonly supposed, and that it both requires and deserves a more nuanced understanding.
| ISBN: | 9781316648285 |
| Publication date: | 2nd January 2020 |
| Author: | Marina University of Oxford Kurkchiyan |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 309 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Law and society, sociology of law |
Much of the media coverage and academic literature on Russia suggests that the justice system is unreliable, ineffective and corrupt. But what if we look beyond the stereotypes and preconceptions? This volume features contributions from a number of scholars who studied Russia empirically and in-depth, through extensive field research, observations in courts, and interviews with judges and other legal professionals as well as lay actors. A number of tensions in the everyday experiences of justice in Russia are identified and the concept of the 'administerial model of justice' is introduced to illuminate some of the less obvious layers of Russian legal tradition including: file-driven procedure, extreme legal formalism combined with informality of the pre-trial proceedings, followed by ritualistic format of the trial. The underlying argument is that Russian justice is a much more complex system than is commonly supposed, and that it both requires and deserves a more nuanced understanding.
A Sociology of Justice in Russia features in the following genres: Law and society, sociology of law
A Sociology of Justice in Russia is available in Paperback, Hardback
A Sociology of Justice in Russia was written by Marina University of Oxford Kurkchiyan and published by Cambridge University Press
A Sociology of Justice in Russia has 309 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series
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