Defending rights in Russia: lawyers, the state, and legal reform in the post-Soviet era

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Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Russian and Soviet Bars: A Historical Perspective, 1864-1984 2. The Advokatura in the Gorbachev Period, 1985-91 3. Chaos in the Advokatura, 1992-2002 4. Autonomy and Dependence: State-Bar Relations in the 1990s 5. Restructuring the Advokatura from Above, 2002-3 6. Russian Criminal Defence Advocacy in the Post-Soviet Era 7. New Trends in Advocates' Practice in the Civil Sphere Conclusion Appendices 1 Surveys of Advocates' Opinions / 2 Stages of a Russian Criminal Case / Notes / Selected Bibliography / Index /