May 2010
A Brief Overview of the Russian Legal System
The general system of jurisprudence in Russia is part of the European continental system of “civil law”. The current legal system is the result of drastic historical changes, retaining traces of the Tsarist Russian legal system and the Soviet system of law. It is close to that of Germany, though Netherlands experts have helped in drafting the new Civil Code.
© 2010 EU-Russia Centre (EU-RC)
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Kristoffer Svendsen, Ivan Bunik
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