East European Faces of Law and Society: Values and Practices

by William B Simons (Editor)

Based on papers given at the International Council for Central and East European Studies World Congress, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 2010, the nine essays in this volume consider issues of law and society in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Ukraine, including constitutional, administrative, civil, and criminal law, and aspects of legal culture, corruption, corporate social responsibility, and informal practices of judiciaries. Law and politics scholars from Europe and Australia discuss dimensions of popular legal culture in contemporary Europe; the quality of administrative law in Russia and the Ukraine; police corruption and misconduct; the role of law in corruptive settings; corporate social responsibility in the Russian Forest sector; judicial review in the Russian supreme court and constitutional court, focusing on jurisdictional powers vs. protecting human rights; property rights under socialist civil law; and the implications of the philosophy of law for the Czech and Slovak national movements in Central Europe during the second half of the 19th century and the political thought of intellectuals involved in nation and state-building processes. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

380 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2014