Law and Legal System of the Russian Federation (2nd Edition)

This book is written especially for English-speaking law students studying Russian Law, but will also be useful as a reference for scholars specializing in Russian and East European area studies and for practicing lawyers bound for practice in Russia. A unique joint project of Professors Gennady Danilenko and William Burnham - one a Russian law teacher experienced in teaching in U.S. law schools and the other a U.S. law teacher experienced in teaching Russian and NIS law schools. Their cooperation assures that the book retains all the subtleties of Russian law, while presenting a frame of reference and approach familiar to the American law student and lawyer. A number of changes have taken place in the Russian Federation since the publication of the 1st Edition. The 2nd Edition of The Law and Legal System of the Russian Federation contains the following new material: Changes in the law and case decisions of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and Supreme Arbitration Court through April 2000; A chapter on the Legal Professions; A completely rewritten Foreign Investment Law chapter reflecting the new comprehensive 1999 Law on Foreign Investments; A major reorganization of the judicial system chapter reflecting the developing jurisdictional line between the Constitutional and Supreme Courts over decisions of constitutional issues; Coverage of the "Death Penalty - Jury Trial" case from the Constitutional Court from 1999 that effectively eliminates the death penalty in Russia; Inclusion of the important 1999 Supreme Court case on enforcement of foreign court and arbitral judgments in Russia in the Private International Law chapter