Law and Power in Russia

Making Sense of Quasi-Legal Practices

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Av Håvard Bækken, Havard Bækken

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This book explores the issue of selective law enforcement, arguing that the manipulation of the legal system by powerful insiders is a distinctive feature of Putinism, reflecting both its hybrid authoritarianism and Russian legal culture. Based on extensive research including interviews with the victims of selective law enforcement, the book analyses how selective law enforcement works in Russia, discusses the link between law and power, and relates the Russian situation to examples from elsewhere and to general legal theories and ideas of political hybridity.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-09-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt440 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Antal sidor228
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367664435

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Håvard Bækken (b. 1983), obtained a PhD in Russian Area Studies from the University of Oslo (UiO) in 2014. Bækken has been working as a research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and guest researcher at the Norwegian University Centre in St. Petersburg and the EU–Russia Centre in Brussels. He has taught Russian politics and history at the Institute of Literature, Area-Studies, and European Languages (ILOS) at UiO, and Russian language at the Nansen Academy. Håvard Bækken has earlier publications on issues of law, power, and quasi-legal practices in Russia, as well as on resurgent state patriotism and ‘patriotic education’ in the same country.

Part I: Law and Power in Russian PoliticsChapter 1. Law and power in authoritarian regimes. Research and perspectivesChapter 2. The Russian legal traditionChapter 3. The creation of a new quasi-legal orderChapter 4. The politico-legal duality of Putinism, Part II: Selective Law Enforcement in Theory and PracticeChapter 5. Selective law enforcement as a mechanism enforcing informal rulesChapter 6. Three issue areas of controversyChapter 7. A legal minefield: The role of laws in selective law enforcementChapter 8. Perceptions about political interferenceChapter 9. The impact of quasi-legal repressionConlcluding Remarks.