| Constitutional Foundations of Cis Countries Contributor(s): Butler, William E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9041195823 ISBN-13: 9789041195821 Publisher: Kluwer Law International OUR PRICE: $414.81 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Law | Commercial - General - Law | International |
| Dewey: 342.470 |
| LCCN: 99057663 |
| Physical Information: 1.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.80 lbs) 788 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nowhere today is constitutional law more avidly debated and studied than in the twelve post-soviet republics known as the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Drawing on past experience as well as on European, American and Asian models, the constitutions of these countries have a great deal to tell the legal scholar about how the independent states of the post-Cold-War world understand the transition to a market economy. Constitutional Foundations of the CIS Countries is a remarkable work of scholarship and synthesis. Its new, eminently readable English translations accurately present the current (1999) constitutional laws of all twelve CIS countries. The author and translator--himself active as an adviser on constitutional reform in several of these states--has taken extreme care to establish the most authentic sources through an exhaustive investigation of the existing documents and through personal interviews. From a great mass of confusing and often contradictory material in a dozen languages, he has assembled a coherent and authoritative collection of essential documents that allows us to see the lineaments of constitutional law at a crucial stage of development in this fast-changing region of great economic significance. |