Defending Rights in Russia: Lawyers, the State, and Legal Reform in the Post-Soviet Era by Jordan, Pamela

Defending Rights in Russia: Lawyers, the State, and Legal Reform in the Post-Soviet Era (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780774811637)

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Defending Rights in Russia: Lawyers, the State, and Legal Reform in the Post-Soviet Era by Jordan, Pamela

Defending Rights in Russia: Lawyers, the State, and Legal Reform in the Post-Soviet Era

$37.95
Defending Rights in Russia: Lawyers, the State, and Legal Reform in the Post-Soviet Era by Jordan, Pamela

Defending Rights in Russia: Lawyers, the State, and Legal Reform in the Post-Soviet Era

$37.95
Format: Paperback
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Pamela Jordan's engaging study of the Russian bar (advokatura) provides a richly textured portrait of how, after the USSR's collapse, practising lawyers called advocates began to assume new, self-defined roles as contributors to legal reform and defenders of rights in Russia. Jordan argues that the post-Soviet advokatura as an institution gained more, although not complete, autonomy from the state as it struggled to redefine itself as a profession and suggests that advocates' work is supporting the growth of civil society and the strengthening of human rights in Russia. However, she also warns that such gains could be reversed if the Putin regime continues to flout due process rights.

Author: Pamela Jordan
ISBN-10: 0774811633
ISBN-13: 9780774811637
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2006
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.08w x 0.87d
By Pamela Jordan
By Pamela Jordan
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Pamela A. Jordan is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan.

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