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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

Summary note

Examines constitutionalism in Russia from Tsarist times to the contemporary period. This work 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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-261) and index.

Contents

• Constitutionalism as a theoretical issue in transitional societies
• Proto-constitutionalism in Russia's traditional society
• Constitutional platform of Russian liberalism and its implementation under the transition from a monarchy to a republic
• Nominal constitutionalism under Soviet dictatorship
• A contemporary model of Russian constitutionalism in comparative perspective.

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ISBN

• 0415363683 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0203014839 (ebk)

LCCN

^^2005034546

OCLC

62342806

International Article Number

• 9780415363683 (hbk)
• 9780203014837 (ebk)

RCP

H - O

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