Analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an independent judiciary here; yet a potentially powerful constitutional court has existed for 20 years. CARLA THORSONVice President of Public Programs, World Affairs Council of Northern California, USA. She is a specialist in Russian Politics and has held previous positions at UCLA, RAND, RFE/RL Inc., and IREX. INDICE: Foreword - The Russian Constitutional Court in Comparative Perspective - Establishing Judicial Review in Russia - The Politics of Judicial Review in Russia, 1989-2010 - USSR Constitutional Oversight Committee, 1989-1991 - The First Russian Constitutional Court, 1991-1993 - The Second Russian Constitutional Court, 1994-2010 - Three Attempts to Establish Judicial Review in Russia - Appendix - Notes - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-29872-9
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 16/03/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés