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Chapter Two - The Professionalisation of Law in the Context of the Russian Legal Tradition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

By
Marina Kurkchiyan
Edited by
Marina Kurkchiyan  and
Agnieszka Kubal
Marina Kurkchiyan
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Agnieszka Kubal
Affiliation:
University College London
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This chapter briefly traces its evolution of legal profession from the emergence of lawyers and judges and their evolution through the major stages of Russian history before concentrating on the organisational form and identity of the legal profession today. The questions that this chapter is addressing are these. With the complex historical background in mind, what does the legal profession in contemporary Russia look like? How do its members operate? How far can we explain their behaviour by referring to its historical context? What kind of identity have they developed? How have they organised themselves? What interests do they prioritise? What is the informal code of conduct within the profession that the members accept in their mutual dealings? This takes us to the core purpose of the 'Sociology of Justice in Russia': to examine the professional infrastructure that ordinary people in Russia expect to meet when they go court. Who helps the ordinary people to shape their cases? Who represents their interests in court? The author bases her analysis on historical sources in combination with original data that she has collected herself in the course of a number of recent years.
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A Sociology of Justice in Russia , pp. 12 - 39
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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