Russian Lawyers

The Rise and Development of the Professional Community in an Imperfect Institutional Environment

Bibliographic Data

ID20412971
AuthorsАнтон Казун (0000-0002-0091-5388, corresponding author), Anton Pavlovich Kazun
Year2015
Volume54
Issue6
Pages419-445
Publication date2015-11-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1061-0154 • E-ISSN: 2328-5184
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10610154.2015.1161422
OpenAlexW2438249001
LanguageEN
References cited17

The article analyzes the Russian lawyers community in order to assess its potential for collective action in an imperfect institutional environment, its potential for joint efforts to monitor compliance with professional ethics, to improve the quality of legal education, and to represent the interests of the professional group at the state level. Two hypotheses are tested: (1) lawyers with high ethical standards impose a higher demand for collective action; (2) negative personal experience in confronting violations of clients' rights by law enforcement officers bodies may also prompt lawyers to engage in joint action. The conclusion is that with the support of the “healthy core” of the lawyers community it is possible to create an instrument for competent and independent assessment of the state of the law enforcement system in Russia

Business · Collective action · Enforcement · Imperfect · Law enforcement · Political science · Public relations · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Psychology · Social Psychology

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