Private and civil law in the Russian Federation : : essays in honor of F.J.M. Feldbrugge / / edited by William Simons.

• Superior document: Law in Eastern Europe, v. 60
• TeilnehmendeR: Simons, William B.; Feldbrugge, F. J. M. 1933-
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Law in Eastern Europe ; no. 60.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The chapters in this volume are from two Leiden conferences. There, distinguished scholars and practitioners from Russia and the Far Abroad measured the winds of change in the field of private law in post-Soviet Russia: enormous differences from the Soviet period, crucial in supporting post-Soviet changes toward freedom of choice in the marketplaces of goods, services, ideas and political institutions. This volume will enable the reader to further chart the progress made in Russia (and the region) in the revitalization of private and civil law—and its impact upon practice and comparative legal studies—and to appreciate the role which the distinction between the public and private sectors is seen as playing in the process.

Table of Contents

The Russian Civil Code and its impact upon commercial transactions / Alexander L. Makovskii -- The civil codes of the Russian Federation and the Netherlands : similarities and contrasts / W. Snijders -- Civil law according to Russian legislation : developments and trends / Mikhail I. Braginskii -- Branches of law under the Russian Civil Code (with special attention to labor law) / Ger P. Van den Berg -- Comments on the 1994 Russian Civil Code and its meaning for comparative legal studies / Dietrich Andre Loeber -- The constitutionality of civil law norms / Gadis A. Gadzhiev -- The arbitrazh courts and the new Russian civil code / Veniamin F. Iakovlev -- The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the new Russian civil code / Viktor M. Zhuikov -- The role and significance of international arbitration in the formation of a modern legal system in Russia / Alexander S. Komarov -- New legislation on insolvency (bankruptcy) / Vasilii V. Vitrianskii -- Russian bankruptcy law in practice and its impact on the 1998 Bankruptcy Law / Wim A. Timmermans -- Entrepreneurs and consumers as subjects of civil law / Jane Henderson -- Russian civil law between remnants of the past and flavor of the present / Bernard Dutoit -- Reflections of Anglo-American legal concepts and language in the new Russian civil code / Peter B. Maggs.

Liability for the improper performance of work contracts in the new Russian civil code / Rolf Knieper -- Tort law, including the tort liability of the state / Donald D. Barry -- The protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation under the RF civil code : problems of judicial enforcement / Andrei V. Rakhmilovich -- The law of inheritance of the Russian Federation : some characteristic features / N.M. van der Horst -- Private law and public law / F.J.M. Feldbrugge -- A theory of principles of law : the revival of a forgotten conception / Sergey Belyaev -- Administrative reform in Central and Eastern Europe : extracting civil services from communist bureaucracies / Antoaneta L. Dimitrova -- La propriete c'est le vol : "property is theft" revisited / Katlijn Malfliet -- Liberalism and neo-patrimonialism in post-communist Russia / Richard Sakwa -- Politics of the Yukos affair / Robert Sharlet.