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 Private and Civil Law in the Russian Federation

Contents

• • Preliminary material (i-xxxii)   (3M)
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    • Table Of Contents
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • Sponsors Of The 1998 And 2003 Leiden Conferences
  • The Russian civil code and its impact upon commercial transactions (1-10) by Alexander L. Makovskii   (181K)
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    • The Essential Characteristics Of The New Russian Civil Code
    • The Basic Features Of The Process Of The Judicial Implementation Of The Civil Code
    • Russias Civil Code: Providing Security For Commercial Transactions
  • The civil codes of the russian federation and the Netherlands: Similarities and contrasts (11-36) by W. Snijders   (375K)
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    • Introduction
    • Background
    • Structure
    • Scope
    • Style, General Standards, And Interpretation
    • Legal Persons And Law Of Property
    • Contract Law: General Conditions
    • Interpretation And Form
    • Secured Transactions
    • Mandatory Law And Its Limits
    • The Role Of Suppletive Law
    • Summary
  • Civil law according to russian legislation: Developments and trends (37-52) by Mikhail I. Braginskii   (262K)
  • Branches of law under the russian civil code (With special attention to labor law) (53-82) by Ger P. Van Den Berg   (561K)
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    • Branches Of Law
    • Past Links Between Civil Law And Labor Law
    • Changing Court Practice
    • Public Law Or Labor Law
    • Social Relations Or Rights
    • Conflicts Of Rules
    • Codes And Codifying Acts
    • Foundations Of Branch Legislation
    • Some Conclusions
  • Comments on the 1994 russian civil code and its meaning for comparative legal studies (83-86) by Dietrich André Loeber   (167K)
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    • Commonwealth Of Independent States
    • European Union
    • Past Experience Compared
  • The constitutionality of civil law norms (87-98) by Gadis A. Gadzhiev   (237K)
  • The Arbitrazh courts and the new russian civil code (99-110) by Veniamin F. Iakovlev   (252K)
  • The supreme court of the Russian Federation and the new russian civil code (111-118) by Viktor M. Zhuikov   (173K)
  • The role and significance of international arbitration in the formation of a modern legal system in Russia (119-128) by Alexander S. Komarov   (229K)
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    • The Rf Civil Code In The Practice Of The International Commercial Court Of Arbitration
    • Major Directions In The Reform Of Private International Law In Russia From The Vantage Point Of International Commercial Arbitration
  • New legislation on insolvency (Bankruptcy) (129-144) by Vasilii V. Vitrianskii   (257K)
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    • Bankruptcy Characteristics Of Various Categories Of Legal Persons
    • Individual Bankruptcy
  • Russian bankruptcy law in practice and its impact on the 1998 bankruptcy law (145-170) by Wim A. Timmermans   (474K)
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    • Introduction
    • The 1998 Bankruptcy Law
    • Broadening The Grounds For Bankruptcy
    • Filling In Gaps
    • Clarifying Obscure Provisions
    • Improving Protection For Creditors
    • Improving Administrative Procedures
    • Increasing Efficiency
    • Sharpening Of Definitions
    • Adjusting To International Standards
    • Including Edicts And Decrees In The Law
    • Conclusions
    • Postscriptum: A New Russian Law On Bankruptcy
  • Entrepreneurs and consumers as subjects of civil law (171-180) by Jane Henderson   (228K)
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    • Introduction
    • Rights To Be An Entrepreneur
    • Protection Of Consumers
    • The Balance Of Obligations
    • Causing Harm
    • Conclusion
  • Russian civil law between remnants of the past and flavor of the present (181-196) by Bernard Dutoit   (293K)
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    • Introductory Remarks
    • Remnants Of The Old Times: The Right Of Economic Management (Pravo Khoziaistvennogo Vedeniia) And The Right Of Operative Management (Pravo Operativnogo Upravleniia)
    • A Novelty At The Border Of The Russian Law Of Property And Contract: The Trust
    • Conclusive Considerations
  • Reflections of anglo-american legal concepts and language in the new russian civil code (197-204) by Peter B. Maggs   (209K)
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    • Concepts
    • Terminology
    • Conclusion
  • Liability for the improper performance of work contracts in the new russian civil code (205-210) by Rolf Knieper   (151K)
  • Tort law, including the tort liability of the state (211-230) by Donald D. Barry   (371K)
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    • The New Code Provisions: An Overview
    • Conclusion
  • The protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation under the RF civil code: Problems of judicial enforcement (231-250) by Andrei V. Rakhmilovich   (297K)
  • The law of inheritance of the Russian Federation: Some characteristic features (251-260) by N. M. Van Der Horst   (222K)
  • Private law and public law (261-270) by F.J.M. Feldbrugge   (203K)
  • A theory of principles of law: The revival of a forgotten conception (271-278) by Sergey Belyaev   (165K)
  • Administrative reform in central and eastern Europe: Extracting civil services from communist bureaucracies (279-296) by Antoaneta L. Dimitrova   (342K)
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    • Introduction
    • Administrative Reform In A Post-Communist Setting
    • Defining The New Administrations
    • The Role Of International Factors In Reform
    • Evaluating Progress Thus Far
    • In Conclusion
    • Post Scriptum
  • La propriété c'est le vol: Property is theft revisited (297-326) by Katlijn Malfliet   (544K)
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    • Introduction
    • A Theory Of Property
    • Proudhons Criticism Of A Liberal Theory Of Property Ownership
    • The Social Function Of Property
    • Property Ownership In The New Russian Civil Code As A Stretched Concept
    • Breaking With The Continuity Of The Past
    • Privatization
    • Towards A New Differentiation In Property Rights
    • The Comprehensive And The Absolute Concept Of Property
    • Towards A Comprehensive Approach?
    • Conclusion
  • Liberalism and neo-patrimonialism in post-communist Russia (327-346) by Richard Sakwa   (373K)
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    • Introduction
    • Three Orders
    • Stability Versus Order
    • The Presidency: The Struggle For Hegemony
    • Regime Politics: Liberal In Form, Neo-Patrimonial In Content?
    • Ambiguities Of State Reconstitution
    • Neo-Authoritarianism, Liberalism Or Neo-Paternalism
    • Conclusion
  • Politics of the Yukos affair (347-360) by Robert Sharlet   (290K)
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    • Prologue
    • The Past Revisited
    • The Yukos Affair: A Thumbnail Sketch Of The States Actions
    • Politics Of The States Case Against Khodorkovsky
    • State Persecution Under The Cover Of Prosecution
    • The State And The Yukos Affair: Cost And Benefits
    • In Lieu Of A Conclusion
  • Index (361-368)   (416K)