Authoritarian legality and informal practices: Judges, lawyers and the state in Russia and China

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-362

  Solomon, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administration of justice in China; Administration of justice in Russia; Authoritarian legality; Courts and transition; Informal practices; Lawyers and the state

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649872245     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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