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Subject(s)

• Constitutional history—Russia (Federation). [Browse]
• Constitutional history—Russia [Browse]

Series

• BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 28. [More in this series]
• BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 28 [More in this series]

Summary note

Medushevsky examines constitutionalism in Russia from Tsarist times to the present. He traces the different attitudes to constitutionalism in political thought, and in practice, at different periods, showing how the balance between authoritarianism and liberalism has shifted. In addition, he discusses the importance of constitutional developments for societies in transition, and concludes that post-communist constitutional development in Russia is still far from complete. As an empirical resource, Russian Constitutionalism takes a longer historical view than other books on this top

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Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 Constitutionalism as a theoretical issue in transitional societies; 2 Proto-constitutionalism in Russia's traditional society; 3 Constitutional platform of Russian liberalism and its implementation under the transition from a monarchy to a republic; 4 Nominal constitutionalism under Soviet dictatorship; 5 A contemporary model of Russian constitutionalism in comparative perspective; Conclusion; Notes; Index

ISBN

• 1-280-54949-1
• 1-134-22649-7
• 9786610549498
• 0-203-01483-9

OCLC

437066085

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