Table of Contents

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 /

Promotional Information

A welcome addition to the literature on legal reform in Russia ... It will be seen as the definitive work on the development of the Russia Bar. -- Gordon B. Smith; Professor of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina; author of Reforming the Russian Legal System The scholarship is exemplary ... The book offers new and important insights and will be of interest to most students of Russian studies as well as specialists in comparative law and politics. All readers will come away from this work with a much fuller understanding of the depth of change in the legal and social fabric of Russia in the 1990s. -- Eugene Huskey; William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science and Russian Studies, Stetson University; author of Russian Lawyers and the Soviet State: The Origins and Development of the Soviet Bar and Presidential Power in Russia

About the Author

Pamela A. Jordan is an assistant professor in theDepartment of History at the University of Saskatchewan.

Reviews

Jordan’s book represents a major contribution to the study of Russian legal institutions, as well as post-Soviet Russian politics. As such, the book should be of interest to Russian specialists as well as a broader audience interested in comparative law and the development of civil society. Her exemplary scholarship includes thorough consideration of available literature as well as numerous interviews with leading Russian advocates and jurists… Nevertheless, Jordan’s comprehensive discussion of legal hisotyr and current practices will serve as mandatory reading for scholars interested in Russian politics and understanding Russia’s uneven attempts – both past and present – at legal reform.
*Law and Politics Books Review, Vol. 16, No. 3*

The struggle for legal reform in Russia, the famous Russian political cases, and the behavior of Russian courts get a lot of attention, but Russian lawyers themselves rarely do. How their role is changing, who sets the standards for their education and admission to the guild, how they earn a living, and what their contribution has been to modernizing the Russian legal system are matters little studied -- until Jordan's efficient account.
*Foreign Affairs, November/December 2005*