{"title":"Oliver Haddrath","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"out-of-the-depths-book-mark-engstrom-9780888545190","title":"Out of the Depths","description":"\u003cp\u003eA novel and incisive investigation of the role of judicial precedents and customs in Russian law, this book examines the trends in the development of judge-made law in Russian civil law since the demise of the Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring the interrelated propositions that a certain creative element is intrinsic to the judicial function in modern legal systems, which are normally shaped by both legislators and judges and that the Russian legal system is not an exception to this rule, the author argues that the rejection or acceptance of judge-made law can no longer be sufficient grounds for distinguishing between common law and civil law systems for the purposes of comparative analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivided into six chapters, it covers: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe principles applied by judges when interpreting legal acts; analyzing a number of academic writings on this subject\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe boundaries of the realm of judge-made law and the problem of 'hard cases' and the factors, which make them 'hard'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea taxonomy of forms in which Russian courts effectuate their law-creation functions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecurrent policies of courts in legal and socio-political matters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ejoint-stock societies and arbitrazh courts. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEstimating the degree of creativity within different branches of the Russian judiciary and explaining the difference in the approaches of various courts as well as setting-out proposals as to how the discrepancies in judicial practice can be avoided, \u003cem\u003eJudicial Law-Making in Post-Soviet Russia\u003c\/em\u003e is invaluable reading for all students of international law, comparative law, legal skills, method and systems and jurisprudence and philosophy of law.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50042170540305,"sku":"CIN0888545193G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50971538981137,"sku":"GOR014153115","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52764238938385,"sku":"CIN0888545193VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0888545193.jpg?v=1750980571"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-oliver-haddrath.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}