Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface - William B. Simons

Introduction: The Promise of the Russian Constitution - Gordon B. Smith

Chief Justices of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: 1990 to the Present

Part I: Constitutional Promise and Political Realities

Chapter 1: Constitutionalism and Accountability in Contemporary Russia:The Problem of Displaced Sovereignty - Richard Sakwa

Chapter 2: The Russian Constitutional Court's Long Struggle for Viable Federalism - Robert Sharlet

Chapter 3: Russia's Constitutional Spirit: Judge-Made Principles in Theory and Practice - Alexei Trochev

Part II: Constitutional Practice and Legal Obstacles

Chapter 4: Press Freedom in Russia: Does the Constitution Matter? Peter Krug

Chapter 5: The Procuracy: Constitutional Questions Deferred - Gordon B. Smith

Chapter 6: Modern Russian Criminal Procedure: The Adversarial Principle and Guilty Plea - Stanislaw Pomorski

Chapter 7: Jury Trial and Adversary Procedure in Russia: Reform of Soviet Inquisitorial Procedure or Democratic Window-Dressing? Stephen C. Thaman

Chapter 8: Russia's Constitutional Project and Prospects for the Future - Gordon B. Smith

About the Authors

List of Russian-Language Abbreviations

Index