Russia and its constitution : promise and political reality

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Acknowledgments Preface William B. Simons Introduction: The Promise of the Russian Constitution Gordon B. Smith Chief Justices of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: 1990 to the Present Part I: Constitutional Promise and Political Realities Chapter 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 Federalism Robert Sharlet Chapter 3: Russia's Constitutional Spirit: Judge-Made Principles in Theory and Practice Alexei Trochev Part II: Constitutional Practice and Legal Obstacles Chapter 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 Plea Stanislaw 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 Future Gordon B. Smith About the Authors List of Russian-Language Abbreviations Index

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