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The Prosecutor General remains the most powerful component of the Russian judicial system. [25] The Prosecutor General is entrusted with: prosecution in court on behalf of the State; representation of the interests of a citizen or of the State in court in cases determined by law;
Official Website (Russian) The state of the judiciary in Russia International Commission of Jurists, 2010; Judging Russia: The Role of the Constitutional Court in Russian Politics 1990–2006; Authoritarian constitutionalism in Putin's Russia: A pragmatic constitutional court in a dual state. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 51(3), 201-214
Judicial Power and Procuracy (Russian: Судебная власть и прокуратура) Local Self-Government (Russian: Местное самоуправление) Constitutional Amendments and Review of the Constitution (Russian: Конституционные поправки и пересмотр Конституции)
Judicial review can be understood in the context of two distinct—but parallel—legal systems, civil law and common law, and also by two distinct theories of democracy regarding the manner in which government should be organized with respect to the principles and doctrines of legislative supremacy and the separation of powers.
Following these steps, the amendments had to enter into force under Article 135 of the Constitution. A negative outcome of the additional steps which were introduced ad hoc, i.e. the review by the Constitutional Court and the all-Russian vote, could not have prevented the entry into force of the amendments.
Bill Clinton “Hillary and I mourn the passing of President Jimmy Carter and give thanks for his long, good life,” Clinton, the country's 42nd president, said in a statement on Sunday.
U.S. leaders have known since the Soviet collapse that Russia’s loss of empire would be traumatic. They may not have foreseen that the trauma would persist for 30 years. “Empires die a slow ...
The NBA and commissioner Adam Silver were eager to make changes to the All-Star Game after last year's contest wasn't very competitive and finished with a final score of 211-186.