Telephone justice in Russia

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 324-350

  Ledeneva, Alena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEGAL SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 65549107823     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.24.4.324     Document Type: Article

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