This book provides the first systematic account of Russian law and the Russian legal system since the demise of the USSR. The author, William E. Butler, places Russian law in the context of other legal systems and makes a thorough examination of the country's newly emerging legal institutions, procedural and substantive law. This authoritative book will be embraced by practicing lawyers, the investment community, government legal advisers and scholars seeking a comprehensive introduction to the Russian legal system.

Russian Law

Butler, William E.

Business

Oxford University Press

International Law in the Russian Legal System (Elements of International Law)

This addition to the Elements of International Law series explores the role of international law as an integral part of the Russian legal system, with particular reference to the role of international treaties and of generally-recognized principles and norms of international law. Following a discussion of the historical place of treaties in Russian legal history and the sources of the Russian law of treaties, the book strikes new ground in exploring contemporary treaty-making in the Russian Federation by drawing upon sources not believed to have been previously used in Russian or western doctrinal writings. Special attention is devoted to investment protection treaties. The importance of publishing treaties as a condition of their application by Russian courts is explored. For the first time a detailed account is given of the constitutional history of treaty ratification in Russia, the outcome being that present constitutional practice is inconsistent with the drafting history of the relevant constitutional provisions.\nThe volume gives attention to the role of the Russian Supreme Court in developing treaty practice through the issuance of "guiding documents" binding on lower courts, the reaction of the Russian Constitutional Court to judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, and the place of treaties as an integral part of the Russian legal system. Butler further explores the hierarchy of sources of law, together with other facets of Russian arbitral and judicial practice with respect to treaties and other sources of international law. He concludes with a consideration of the 'generally-recognized principles and norms of international law' and their role as part of the Russian system.

Foreign & International Law

This addition to the Elements of International Law series explores the role of international law as an integral part of the Russian legal system, with particular reference to the role of international treaties and of generally-recognized principles and norms of international law. Following adiscussion of the historical place of treaties in Russian legal history and the sources of the Russian law of treaties, the book strikes new ground in exploring contemporary treaty-making in the Russian Federation by drawing upon sources not believed to have been previously used in Russian orwestern doctrinal writings. Special attention is devoted to investment protection treaties. The importance of publishing treaties as a condition of their application by Russian courts is explored. For the first time a detailed account is given of the constitutional history of treaty ratification inRussia, the outcome being that present constitutional practice is inconsistent with the drafting history of the relevant constitutional provisions.The volume gives attention to the role of the Russian Supreme Court in developing treaty practice through the issuance of "guiding documents" binding on lower courts, the reaction of the Russian Constitutional Court to judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, and the place of treaties as anintegral part of the Russian legal system. Butler further explores the hierarchy of sources of law, together with other facets of Russian arbitral and judicial practice with respect to treaties and other sources of international law. He concludes with a consideration of the 'generally-recognizedprinciples and norms of international law' and their role as part of the Russian system.

This book provides the most comprehensive account in any language of modern Russian law, updated to encompass the entire sweep of market-oriented law reform. The second edition of this authoritative work will be embraced by practitioners, investors, law students, the comparative and international law markets, business and banking communities, international organizations and governmental legal advisers.

Legal Theory & Systems

Since the dissolution of the former U.S.S.R., twelve countries are now confronted with the task of defining their attitudes and policies towards the central means for law-making in the international community: the treaty. This comparative commentary on the law of treaties includes full texts in an original, authoritative translation of relevant legislation. It also contains informed commentary on every article in the laws, and an extensive classified bibliography.

The Law of Treaties in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Text and Commentary

History

Russia

Cambridge University Press

A thoroughly revised and updated introduction to the historical and contemporary foundations of the Russian legal system placed in the larger context of comparative legal studies, this volume addresses The Russian Legal System in Context (Russian Law in Comparative Legal Studies, Russian Law and Legal Translation); The Foundations of Russian Law (The Pre-Revolutionary Heritage; Russian Legal Theory; Sources of Law; Legal Professor and Legal Education); The Administration of Russian Legality (ministries of justice, judicial system, procuracy, notariat, registry for acts of legal status, administrative commissions, law enforcement agencies, investigative agencies, arbitration, and the role of non-State entities); and the State Structure of the Russian Federation (Presidency, Federal Assembly, Government, Local Self-Government). Recommendations are made for further reading. The 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation as amended to date is appended.

Russian Law and Legal Institutions (Studies in Russian and East European Law Series)

Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing

"An overview of the Russian legal system and its historical and theoretical sources"--

Russian Law and Legal Institutions: Third Edition (Studies in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Law)

Talbot Publishing

Grotius on War and Peace in English Translation

Russian-English Legal Dictionary (English and Russian Edition)

An Encyclopedic Treatise on the St. Petersburg SchoolBased on unprecedented use of archival sources in St. Petersburg and the United States, this encyclopedic treatise is dedicated to the individuals associated with the development of international legal doctrine and state practice for two centuries in the capital of the Russian Empire. Well over four hundred are identified and the contributions of principal figures are summarized or critiqued. St. Petersburg University, which celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2024, is the key institution, but others played a role. The contributions of each are examined. The "St. Petersburg School" is broadly construed to encompass jurists and international legal practitioners whose contact with the capital was brief, but nonetheless documented. The ethnic origins of the St. Petersburg international legal community are impressive in their diversity: Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Georgians, Moldovans, Poles, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Baltic Germans, Jews, and Hungarians, augmented by individuals from Scandinavian and Western European countries. Extensive bibliographical references, as well as photographs of 60 of the lawyers, enrich the existing corpus of contributions by St. Petersburg to international legal doctrine. William E. Butler has written extensively on the history of international law, including as the editor and translator of V. E. Grabar, The History of International Law in Russia 1647-1917 (Oxford, 1990); the two-volume F. F. Martens, Contemporary International Law of Civilized Peoples (Clark, NJ, 2021-2022); and author of Grotius on War and Peace in English Translation (Clark, NJ, 2021). He is the founding editor of Jus Gentium: Journal of International Legal History (2016-). The John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law, he is also Professor Emeritus of Comparative Law in the University of London (University College London) and Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.Vitalii S. Ivanenko has published extensively on the history of international law in Russia with particular reference to St. Petersburg, most especially the monumental &#1057;&#1072;&#1085;&#1082;&#1090;-&#1055;&#1077;&#1090;&#1077;&#1088;&#1073;&#1091;&#1088;&#1075;&#1089;&#1082;&#1072;&#1103; &#1096;&#1082;&#1086;&#1083;&#1072; &#1084;&#1077;&#1078;&#1076;&#1091;&#1085;&#1072;&#1088;&#1086;&#1076;&#1085;&#1086;&#1075;&#1086; &#1087;&#1088;&#1072;&#1074;&#1072; [St. Petersburg School of International Law] (2019; 2d ed. 2022; 3d ed. 2024) in two volumes. He held positions as senior lecturer, docent, professor, Head of the Chair of International Law, and Pro-Rector for Scientific Work at universities in Baranul and St. Petersburg before, in 1995, becoming Docent at St. Petersburg State University, serving from 1999 to 2011 as Head of the Chair of International Law there.xxiv, 638 pp., 60 b&w illustrations.

The Saint Petersburg School of International Law: A Bio-Bibliographical Study (Petrine Russia to the 1920s)

Ivanenko, Vitalii S

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Russian Law

International Law in the Russian Legal System (Elements of International Law)

International Law in the Russian Legal System (Elements of International Law)

Russian Law

The Law of Treaties in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Text and Commentary

Russian Law and Legal Institutions (Studies in Russian and East European Law Series)

Russian Law and Legal Institutions: Third Edition (Studies in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Law)

Grotius on War and Peace in English Translation

Russian-English Legal Dictionary (English and Russian Edition)

The Saint Petersburg School of International Law: A Bio-Bibliographical Study (Petrine Russia to the 1920s)