Criminal Justice Reform in Russia, Ukraine and the Former Republics of the Soviet Union [electronic resource] : Trial by Jury and Mixed Courts

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kovalev, Nikolai.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jury--Former Soviet republics.

Lay judges--Former Soviet republics.

Jury.

Lay judges.

Local Subjects:

Jury--Former Soviet republics.

Lay judges--Former Soviet republics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (666 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines challenges to jury reforms in the transitional justice systems of the post-Soviet countries. It also provides an analysis of the historical, political and social contexts criminal justice reforms in the former Soviet Union. This book contains six color photographs and 1 black and white photographs.

Contents:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, AND THE FORMER REPUBLICS OF THE SOVIET UNION: Trial by Jury and Mixed Courts; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part One: Theoretical Framework For The Study of Lay Adjudication in Post-Soviet States; Chapter 1: Methodological Approach; Chapter 2: Models of Lay Adjudication; Chapter 3: The History of Lay Adjudication in Post-Soviet States

Chapter 4: Defects of the Criminal Justice Systems in the Post-Soviet States and the Potential Role of Lay Adjudication in Re-shaping Criminal Justice SystemsChapter 5: Conditions for Effective Lay Adjudication Reforms in Post-Soviet States; Part Two: Practical Aspects of Lay Adjudication Reforms in Post-Soviet States; Chapter 6: The Scope of Lay Adjudication; Jurors from the dismissed jury in the first trial of Poddubnyi and Babkovin the office of Nowtya Gazeia, October 2004.; Chapter 7: Selection of Lay Adjudicators; Chapter 8: Trial Procedure in Courts with Lay Adjudication

Chapter 9: Deliberations, The Verdict and Appellate ReviewConclusion; Appendices; Appendix 1: Data Return Form for the Project ""Lay Adjudication in Criminal Procedure of Council Of Europe Members""; Appendix 2: Questionnaire for Belarussian andUzbekistani Advocates; Appendix 3: Results of the Survey of Belarussian AndUzbekistani Advocates; Appendix 4: Questionnaire for Russian Judges; Appendix 5: Results of the Survey of Russian Judges; Appendix 6: Questionnaire for Russian Advocates; Appendix 7: Results of the Survey of Russian Advocates; Appendix 8: Questionnaire for Russian Prosecutors

Appendix 9: Results of the Survey of RussianProsecutorsAppendix 10: Questionnaire for Kazakhstani Advocates; Appendix 11: Summary of Jury Trial TranscriptsReviewed in Moscow City Court in 2004; Bibliography; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Table of International Human Rights Documents; Index

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ISBN:

0-7734-1903-9

OCLC:

815390141