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Law and Informal Practices
The Post-Communist Experience
Edited by Denis J. Galligan and Marina Kurkchiyan
228 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-925936-6
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Hardback
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20 February 2003
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- This book is a contribution to both the literature on law and society, and the study of the post-communist transition
- A unique attempt to integrate the lessons from Eastern European practices into western jurisprudence
- An interdisciplinary approach to the examination of the meanings and functions of law in the post-communist social environment
- The first book to deal extensively with culture and informal practices, whilst at the same time assessing the role of the law
Law and Informal Practices is a work in socio-legal studies, examining the functions and effectiveness of law in the countries of the former Soviet Union. As the transition away from communism enters its second decade, the countries involved are confronted by an apparent failure of law. Understanding the newly formed social order in which law is powerless is a challenge to the assumptions of western jurisprudence.
The contributors to this book take up that challenge. Using the framework of contemporary theory, ten specialists in different aspects of social science
analyse the status of post-communist law from a variety of perspectives. Their emphasis is on the interplay between law and social norms, informal practices, and human values. Their work contributes to several of the wider ongoing debates in socio-legal studies: on the rule of law and its role in maintaining social order; on the interaction between law and social norms, relation between legitimacy and legality; and on the relative merits of solving problems by informal means such as networking or the use of intermediaries rather than by formal, institutionalised processes.
At the same time, the book is intended to meet the needs of those interested not just in law but in the post-communist region. Blending theory with case studies, each contributor focuses on a
single sector, such as the political system, worker-management relations, human rights, the machinery by which law is made and implemented, or the cultural and historical background of the societies under consideration. The majority of the chapters draw directly upon the authors' own experience and empirical research.
Readership: Academics in jurisprudence or philosophy of law and in socio-legal studies or sociology of law. Sociologists, economists, anthropologists, and political scientists engaged in studies of the post-communist transition, and those working on the history and politics of East Europe and the Slavonic region. Practitioners and officials with business in Eastern Europe, in particular
in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
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Edited by Denis J. Galligan, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Director of the Centre for Socio- Legal Studies, University of Oxford., and Marina Kurkchiyan, Socio-Legal Research Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford Contributors:
Professor Denis Galligan (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University):
Dr. Marina Kurkchiyan (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University):
Professor William Butler (School of Oriental and African Studies):
Professor Neil MacFarlane (St. Anthony's College, Oxford University):
Professor
James L. Gibson (Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri):
Dr. Sarah Ashwin (London School of Economics):
Dr. Marat Shterin (London School of Economics):
Dr. Frederique Dahan (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development):
Dr. Scott Newton (School of Oriental and African Studies):
Dr. Tom Ginsburg (University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, Illinois):
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1: Professor Denis Galligan: Legal Failure: Law and Social Norms in Post-Communist Europe
2: Dr. Marina Kurkchiyan: The Illegitimacy of Law in Post-Soviet Societies
3: Professor William Butler: Jus and Lex in Russian Law: a Discussion Agenda
4: Professor Neil MacFarlane: Culture, Politics, and the Rule of Law in the Commonwealth of Independent States
5: Professor James L. Gibson: Russian Attitudes Toward The Rule of Law: An Analysis of Survey Data
6: Dr. Sarah Ashwin: The Regulation of the Employment Relationship in Russia: the Soviet Legacy
7: Dr. Marat Shterin: Legislating on Religion in the Face of Uncertainty
8: Dr. Frederique Dahan: Hope and Bitterness in the Reform of Russian Bankruptcy Law
9: Dr. Scott Newton: Transplantation and Transition: Legality and Legitimacy in the Kazakhstani Legislative Process
10: Dr. Tom Ginsburg: East Asian Regulatory Informalism: Implications for Post-Communist Countries
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