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Defamation and Political Comment in Post-Soviet Russia [PDF]

, 2013
The law of defamation in Russia has a long history. Its roots are in the European tradition, but the discontinuity of its historical development has meant that there have been particular difficulties in reconfiguring the law for the new human rights era ...
Reid, Elspeth
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Compelling private sport speech

American Business Law Journal, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 79-99, Spring 2026.
Abstract The intermingling of sport and political speech has become increasingly poignant. Although basketball star Michael Jordan has now clarified that his famous statement that “Republicans buy sneakers, too” was made in jest when asked about why he did not make political statements, Michael Jordan was well within his rights to avoid the political ...
Thomas A. Baker III, John T. Holden, Sarah Pack   +2 more
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African Sovereignty: Constructing Institutional and Structural Changes in the International System

World Affairs, Volume 189, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT Can international organizations (IOs) possess sovereignty like modern states? How can IOs obtain sovereignty? Can IOs supersede states as dominant political structures in the world system? Studies on conflicts of sovereignty in Europe conclude that the European Union lacks sovereign status and cannot supplant European states as the dominant ...
Obinna F. Ifediora
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Penal Modernization in the Western Balkans: Continuities and Changes since the Nineteenth Century

History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 66-89, January 2026.
Abstract Influential sociologists of social control, including Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and others, conceived of the modern state as progressively moving towards the humanization of its penal programme. This article highlights developments that do not easily fit this progressivist model, drawing attention to the region that today is often referred to ...
Olga Kantokoski
wiley   +1 more source

Constitutional and legal aspects of the execution of the constituent entities’ powers in the field of legislation on administrative offences

Правоприменение, 2018
The subject of the paper is constituent entities’ powers in federative state concerning the establishment of the administrative responsibility for breach regional and municipal rules.The purpose of the paper is to justify the need for new approaches to ...
O. Kozhevnikov
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Visibilizing the accountability web: ordinary courts, informal justice efforts, and alternative approaches for addressing mass human rights violations in Syria

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 556-579, December 2025.
Abstract Accountability mechanisms are often perceived as the Achilles’ heel of human rights practice. As classic human rights institutions rarely provide adequate guarantees of accountability, justice actors are increasingly turning to alternative spaces to advance accountability.
BRIGITTE HERREMANS, TINE DESTROOPER
wiley   +1 more source

A comparison of European systems of direct access to constitutional judges: exploring advantages for the Italian Constitutional Court [PDF]

, 2012
As protection of fundamental rights increasingly becomes a defining feature of modern constitutionalism, some countries debate over the opportunity to introduce systems of direct individual access to constitutional judges to increase protection of ...
Gentili, Gianluca
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REGIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: CURRENT PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS

Электронное приложение к Российскому юридическому журналу, 2019
The article analyzes the relevant problems of the activities of the constitutional (charter) courts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: their interaction with courts of general jurisdiction; the grounds for their abolition (on the ...
Stepshina Anastasiya
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The Problem of Acquaintance of the Defense with the Materials Submitted to the Court Pursuant to Art. 108 of the Criminal Procedure Code

Сибирское юридическое обозрение, 2016
On the basis of the existing order of submission of materials to the court by an investigator needed to decide on remand in respect of criminal prosecuted person, identify problems familiarize the defense with these documents at trial. The Author studies
Nikolai V. Azarenok
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Shrinking autonomy for Tatarstan and Gagauzia: the perils of flexible institutional design [PDF]

, 2016
No abstract ...
Prina, Federica
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