Politics, Judicial Review, and the Russian Constitutional Court

Analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an independent judiciary here; yet a potentially powerful c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thorson, Carla L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2012, 2012
Series:St Antony’s Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an independent judiciary here; yet a potentially powerful constitutional court has existed for 20 years
Physical Description:XVIII, 199 p online resource
ISBN:9780230368972