Minority religions and social justice in Russian courts: An analysis of recent cases

Social Justice Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 393-408

  Richardson, James T ^a   Shterin, Marat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freedom of religion; Legal cases; Minority religions; Russia; Sociology of law

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748051018     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022077310554     Document Type: Article

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