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Email: lawfacult@hse.ru
Phone/Fax: (495) 916-88-49
Dean's office: (495) 772-95-90
(add. 22299 or 22298)
Academic office (bachelor):
(495) 772-95-90 (add. 22852; 23008; 22899; 23009)
Academic office (master):
Manager Anna Gorbunova
(495) 772-95-90 (add. 22275)
Manager Inna Fedchenko
(495) 772-95-90 (add. 22738)
fax: (495) 772-95-90 (add. 23005
The Faculty of Law was one of the first faculties created in the Higher School of Economics. Economic and legal disciplines, new innovative courses, fundamental law disciplines and narrowly specialized courses are all equally important for the Faculty of Law. The Faculty's strength is the curriculum's focus on the practical, which perpares its graduates to successfully meet the demands of the labour market.
Law
Private Law
Civil and Criminal Defense Lawyer
History, Theory and Philosophy of Law
Compliance and Legal Risk Prevention in the Corporate, Public and Non-Profit Sector
Corporate Law
International Private Law
Legal Support for Corporate and Human Resource Management
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Law
Intellectual Property and IT Law
Law of International Trade, Finance and Economic Integration
Public Law
Financial, Tax and Customs Law
Lawyer in Public Justice and Law Enforcement
Sports Law
Russian Legal System and Legal Tradition
Level of study: Bachelor
The course provides an introduction to Russian law and legal system in context. It starts with a brief history of the constitution-making process and describes the difficulties of rebuilding the legal system during the country’s transfer from ‘socialist’ legal order to democracy and the rule of law. It further describes the main characteristics of Russia’s system of constitutional, administrative, civil, criminal and procedural law. The main emphasis is made on the overview of the sources of Russian law and their hierarchy, analysis of relevant legal concepts and judicial practice, including the case law of the Constitutional Court. The course pays special attention to such issues as federalism, separation of powers, Presidency, role of courts, legal profession, individual rights, legal regulation of entrepreneurial activities, civil and Arbitrazh procedure, new developments in criminal law, death penalty regulation, jury trails, and the main points of disagreement between the Russian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights in their judicial practice on the same or similar cases
Syllabus:
Russian Legal System and Legal Tradition
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Semester 2 |
Module 4 |
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Credits 3 |
In-class hours 42 |
Total hours 114 |
Associate Professor