Legal reforms in Russia: Visible steps, obvious gaps, and an invisible hand?

Authors
Blankenagel, A
Citation
A. Blankenagel, Legal reforms in Russia: Visible steps, obvious gaps, and an invisible hand?, J I THEOR E, 156(1), 2000, pp. 99-119
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL AND THEORETICAL ECONOMICS-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE STAATSWISSENSCHAFT
ISSN journal
09324569 → ACNP
Volume
156
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
99 - 119
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-4569(200003)156:1<99:LRIRVS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This paper surveys and evaluates the current state of legal reform in Russi a. Particular attention is payed to the reform of constitutional and public law, institution building, and legal training. The paper identifies many c ases of inefficient legal institutions which indicate some fundamental prob lems in the understanding of mechanics of legal regulations.