TY - BOOK AU - Trochev,Alexei TI - Judging Russia: Constitutional Court in Russian Politics, 1990-2006 SN - 1281383414 AV - KLB2620 .T76 2008 U1 - 347.47/01 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Konstitut͡sionnyĭ Sud KW - History KW - Constitutional courts KW - Constitutional law KW - Judicial review KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-335) and index; Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes on Transliteration; 1 Introduction: Three Puzzles of Postcommunist Judicial Empowerment; 2 Nonlinear Judicial Empowerment; 3 Making and Remaking Constitutional Review, Russian-Style; 4 Russian Constitutional Review in Action (1990-1993); 5 Decision Making of the 2nd Russian Constitutional Court: 1995-2006; 6 The Constitutional Court Has Ruled - What Next?; 7 The 2nd Russian Constitutional Court (1995-2007): Problematique of Implementation8 "Tinkering with Judicial Tenure" and "Wars of Courts" in Comparative Perspective9 Conclusion: Zigzagging Judicial Power; Appendix; Bibliography; Statutes and Decrees; Court Decisions; Index N2 - This book is the first in-depth study of the actual role that the Russian Constitutional Court played in protecting fundamental rights and resolving legislative-executive struggles and federalism disputes in both Yeltsin's and Putin's Russia. Trochev argues that judicial empowerment is a non-linear process with unintended consequences and that courts that depend on their reputation flourish only if an effective and capable state is there to support them. This is because judges can rely only on the authoritativeness of their judgments, unlike politicians and bureaucrats, who have the material resources necessary to respond to judicial decisions. Drawing upon systematic analysis of all decisions of the Russian Court (published and unpublished) and previously unavailable materials on their (non-)implementation, and resting on a combination of the approaches from comparative politics, law, and public administration, this book shows how and why judges attempted to reform Russia's governance and fought to ensure compliance with their judgments UR - https://portal.knchr.org/Library/My%20eBooks/Judging%20russia.pdf ER -