Faculty of Law

The American-Russian Relations: Political-Legal Aspect

Semester: 2. Level of study: Bachelor/Master

The purpose of special course “U.S.-Russian Relations: Legal and Political Aspects” is to provide insight into legal and political aspects of contemporary relations between Russia and the United States, its complexities and contradictions.

At the heart of this special course is the study of basic legislation of the United States and decisions of American courts regarding the Russian Federation as a whole and its individual citizens.

Professor:

Alexander Domrin

professor

Author of more than 100 publications (in Russia, Great Britain, U.S.A., Canada, India, Ukraine), including books “Constitutional mechanism of a state of emergency. Legal regulation and practice of implementation in Great Britain and India” (Мoscow, 1998), “The Limits of Russian Democratisation: Emergency Powers and States of Emergency” (Routledge: London, New York, 2006); reports to the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy; a number of books written in coauthorship: “Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture” (Tatiana Smorodinskaya, ed. Routledge: London, New York, 2006); “Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Governance in Federal Countries: A comparative analysis of eleven federal countries through case studies illustrating federalism’s diversity, challenges, and opportunities” (Katy Le Roy & Cheryl Saunders, eds. Forum of Federations: Montreal, 2006), etc.