Introduction : The promise of the Russian constitution / Gordon B. Smith -- Chief justices of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation : 1990 to the present -- Constitutionalism and accountability in contemporary Russia : the problem of displaced sovereignty / Richard Sakwa -- The Russian constitutional court's long struggle for viable federalism / Robert Sharlet -- Russia's constitutional spirit : judge-made principles in theory and practice / Alexei Trochev -- Press freedom in Russia : does the constitution matter? / Peter Krug -- The procuracy : constitutional questions deferred / Gordon B. Smith -- Modern Russian criminal procedure : the adversarial principal and guilty plea / Stanisaw Pomorski -- Jury trial and adversary procedure in Russia : reform of Soviet inquisitorial procedure or democratic window-dressing? / Stephen C. Thaman -- Russia's constitutional project and prospects for the future / Gordon B. Smith
Summary
How is the Russian Constitution, ratified in 1993, being implemented today? A team of distinguished scholars assesses the promise and the realities of Russian constitutionalism in a number of critical areas
