Nr. 147: Legal Reform

Autor(en): Peter H Solomon, Alexei Trochev
Herausgeber: Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Serie: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Ausgabe: 147
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publikationsjahr: 2014

This edition examines recent legal reforms in Russia. Firstly, Peter Solomon considers the closing of the High Arbitrazh Court and its merger with the Supreme Court. He suggests that this move, like other recent initiatives vis-a-vis the courts, is based on political expediency rather than the needs of the courts or aspirations of their reformers. Secondly, Alexei Trochev asks why judges are more likely to rule against the government in non-criminal cases than they are in lawsuits brought by state procurators. He argues that it is due to their closer ties to the law enforcement agencies that make it harder for them to oppose their requests, whereas they have fewer connections to other parts of the government and therefore have greater freedom in opposing them.

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