Civil Code Of The Russian Federation; Editor: Maggs, Peter B.; Author: Translator Maggs, Peter B.; Hardback; Book

Editor: Maggs, Peter B.; Author: Translator Maggs, Peter B.
Hardback; Book; Index
536 pages
Published: June 1997
M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 0765601753

This is the definitive English translation of the new Russian Civil Code (Parts 1 and 2), often referred to as the second Russian Constitution.The Civil Code of the Russian Federation is the result of a collaborative effort of a leading United States expert on Russian law and of the staff of the Private Law Research Center attached to the Office of the President of the Russian Federation -- the Center that had primary responsibility for drafting the new Civil Code.The authoritative introduction, complete table of contents. and comprehensive index combine to set this work farbeyond the utility of any existing translations of the Civil Code. It will be a must-have resource for government, law and international business collections.Fundamental changes in the political and economic systems in independent Russia have necessitated the enactment of a new civil code - the law pertaining to private legal relations, such as economic or property relations. This volume makes available this new code, now approved by Parliament.