Russia and its Constitution

Gordon B. Smith, Ph.D. (1976) in Political Science, Indiana University, is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies at the University of South Carolina. He has published extensively on Russian politics and law including "Reforming the Russian Legal System" (Cambridge, 1996).Robert Sharlet, Ph.D. (1968) in Political Science, Indiana University, is the Chauncey Winters research Professor of Political Science at Union College. He is the author of seven books and numerous articles on Russian politics and law, including editor of "Public Policy and Law in Russia" (Martinus Nijhoff, 2005).

• Acknowledgments PrefaceWilliam B. Simons Introduction: The Promise of the Russian ConstitutionGordon B. Smith Chief Justices of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: 1990 to the Present Part I: Constitutional Promise and Political RealitiesChapter 1: Constitutionalism and Accountability in Contemporary Russia: The Problem of Displaced Sovereignty Richard Sakwa Chapter 2: The Russian Constitutional Court’s Long Struggle for Viable FederalismRobert Sharlet Chapter 3: Russia’s Constitutional Spirit: Judge-Made Principles in Theory and PracticeAlexei TrochevPart II: Constitutional Practice and Legal ObstaclesChapter 4: Press Freedom in Russia: Does the Constitution Matter?Peter Krug Chapter 5: The Procuracy: Constitutional Questions Deferred Gordon B. Smith Chapter 6: Modern Russian Criminal Procedure: The Adversarial Principle and Guilty PleaStanislaw Pomorski Chapter 7: Jury Trial and Adversary Procedure in Russia: Reform of Soviet Inquisitorial procedure or Democratic Window-Dressing?Stephen C. Thaman Chapter 8: Russia’s Constitutional Project and Prospects for the FutureGordon B. Smith About the Authors List of Russian-Language Abbreviations Index