Russian Lawyer Research Articles

The Quality of Legal Education in Russia: The Stereotypes and the Real Problems

The paper explores the three key issues that are often put forward as the main problems contributing to reportedly insufficient quality of legal education in Russia: superfluous number of law schools, lack of practical preparation of students, and lack of teaching of professional ethics. It is based on a research project that the Moscow office of PILnet conducted in 2010–2012, having interviewed over 130 legal professionals in four Russian cities – commercial and non-profit lawyers, government lawyers, law professors, law school administrators and students – to analyze their views and attitudes as to what defined the modern Russian lawyer and how the legal education system responded to the needs of the profession and the society.

Типы профессионального взаимодействия современных российских нянь: социально-психологический анализ

The article describes the concept of the crowd proposed by a Russian lawyer and public The article presents results of a social psychological study of professional interactions in modern Russian nannies. It provides the first ever descriptions of significant interactions between nannies, employers and children. Four types of professional interactions are identified empirically depending on work motivation of nannies. Nannies with an attitude of "the child's older friend" are focused on establishing a close psychological relationship with the child. Their professional interaction with the child can be defined as overprotective. "Nannies-intermediaries" are more aware of their employee status and avoid breaking the psychological distance both with the child and the parents. The choice of interaction strategies in nannies with a "neighbor babysitter" attitude is determined mostly by their desire to gain work experience in their free time. They generally prefer not to establish close relationships with the child. The most professional of all are nannies with an attitude of "servants". They know how to resolve conflicts between children, how to arrange game activities for children, and conform to the requirements set by the parents. However, nannies of this type are more likely to physically suppress the will of the child.

Феномен толпы в отечественной психологии: концепция В.К. Случевского

The article describes the concept of the crowd proposed by a Russian lawyer and public figure V.K. Sluchevsky (1893). It focuses on its principal differences from other concepts of this initial period and reveals the moral potential of Sluchevsky's views in psychology. Among the issues that were of particular interest to the author of one of the first concepts of spontaneous groups were the specifics of the crowd as a social association, features of the crowd, factors of its formation, changes in personality of individuals, and problems concerning the prevention and punishment of mass crimes.

К вопросу о христианской философии права (из истории русской правовой мысли)

The article is dedicated to relationships between human
 morality and religion. Main emphasis is put to the analysis of views
 of E.V. Spektorsky (1875–1951), a famous Russian lawyer, sociologist
 and philosopher, who has established a positive value of Christianity
 to the culture in general, and to development of law and the
 state in particular.

Ссыльный адвокат А.И. Урусов

Scientific research about well-known Russian lawyer A.I. Urusove. Urusov has become famous as the lawyer protecting participants of the secret terrorist organisation. For support of revolutionaries was exposed to prosecutions. The power forbade it to conduct professional work. In article severe methods of prosecution are shown by Russian autocracy of oppositionists. Long time was in exile, but has not surrendered. In research it is a lot of contemporary records.

PAMELA A. JORDAN, DEFENDING RIGHTS IN RUSSIA: LAWYERS, THE STATE, AND LEGAL REFORM IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA (VANCOUVER: UBC PRESS, 2005)

The Russian advocate (advokat) is a specific type of Russian lawyer, representing “clients in court and provid[ing] legal and written advice.” They are unique in having a duty, from the 1993 Russian Constitution, to protect the rights of citizens. Students of Russian legal and constitutional reform, and those interested in modern Russian politics will benefit from Pamela Jordan's thorough study of the postSoviet era advocate reforms. Moreover, Jordan’s work is also of value to comparative legal scholars studying the nexus of legal thought and practice. The author employs a historical institutionalism perspective to examine how the Russian bar associations (advokatura), as actors in this legal profession, are bound by their institution's history. Their choices can be seen as a function of this past, while still permitting major reforms under a powerful external influence. Jordan supplements this analysis with a decade’s worth of empirical evidence collected from select locales across Russia. While not extensive enough to draw rigorous conclusions, her interviews and surveys help contextualize statutory reforms and the concerns of individual advocates.