Law and power in Russia : making sense of quasi-legal practices

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Håvard Bækken.
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Copyright notice
©2019
Physical description
227 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series
Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 88.

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Author/Creator
Bækken, Håvard, author.

Contents/Summary

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Law and power in authoritarian regimes : research and perspectives
  • The Russian legal tradition
  • The creation of a new quasi-legal order
  • The politico-legal duality of Putinism
  • Selective law enforcement as a mechanism enforcing informal rules
  • Three issues of controversy
  • A legal minefield : the role of laws in selective law enforcement
  • Perceptions about political interference
  • The impact of quasi-legal repression
  • Concluding remarks.
Summary
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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Publication date
2019
Copyright date
2019
Series
Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 88
ISBN
9781138570887 hardcover
1138570885 hardcover

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