Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243
There is a prevailing opinion, shared by Russians and Western observers, that Russia's legal system is hopelessly corrupt and subject to political manipulation. Russia is rules by "telephone law", where those with power or money can bend the law in their own interests. In her new book...
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| description | There is a prevailing opinion, shared by Russians and Western observers, that Russia's legal system is hopelessly corrupt and subject to political manipulation. Russia is rules by "telephone law", where those with power or money can bend the law in their own interests. In her new book, Everyday Law in Russia, Kathryn Hendley puts this to the test. She is interested in how Russians engage with the legal system and whether the disdain, so often expressed for the courts, is matched by the reality of the people's behaviour when defending their legal rights. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:25842020-12-18T14:43:38Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/2584/ Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243 Stephenson, Svetlana 340 Law There is a prevailing opinion, shared by Russians and Western observers, that Russia's legal system is hopelessly corrupt and subject to political manipulation. Russia is rules by "telephone law", where those with power or money can bend the law in their own interests. In her new book, Everyday Law in Russia, Kathryn Hendley puts this to the test. She is interested in how Russians engage with the legal system and whether the disdain, so often expressed for the courts, is matched by the reality of the people's behaviour when defending their legal rights. SAGE Publications 2018-06-27 Article PeerReviewed Stephenson, Svetlana (2018) Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243. Contemporary sociology: a journal of reviews, 47 (4). pp. 462-464. ISSN 1939-8638 https://doi.org/10.1177/0094306118779814s 10.1177/0094306118779814s 10.1177/0094306118779814s |
| spellingShingle | 340 Law Stephenson, Svetlana Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243 |
| title | Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243 |
| title_full | Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243 |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243 |
| title_short | Book review : Everyday Law in Russia by Kathryn Hendley. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2017. 285 pp. ISBN: 9781501705243 |
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