A Comparison of the American and Russian Constitutions
A shorter version of this article by David Mannheimer appeared in the Winter 2008 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum. It can be found at https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/3210. The constitutions of the United States and the Russian Federation were written half a world and more than two hun...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/10604 2023-05-15T18:48:59+02:00 A Comparison of the American and Russian Constitutions Mannheimer, David 2008-01-01 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10604 en_US eng Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage Mannheimer, David. (2008). "A Comparison of the American and Russian Constitutions." Alaska Justice Forum 24(4): web supplement (Winter 2008). 0893-8903 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10604 Alaska Justice Forum constitution Russia Article 2008 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:37:31Z A shorter version of this article by David Mannheimer appeared in the Winter 2008 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum. It can be found at https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/3210. The constitutions of the United States and the Russian Federation were written half a world and more than two hundred years apart. Despite this fact, the two constitutions appear to be remarkably similiar on many levels. Yet their surface similarities mask true differences—differences in the explicit provisions of the two constitutions and also differences in how seemingly equivalent provisions have been put into practice. These differences are mainly attributable to two factors: the extremely different political problems facing the two nations when they drafted their constitutions and the different political traditions that shaped the drafters' choices and emphasis. This article gives a history of the development of the two constitutions, explores the two nation's provisions for federal supremacy, the presidency, and the rights of citizens, and compares the American constitution's emphasis on procedure with the Russian constitution's relative open-endedness about the powers of government and selection of officials. Editor’s Note / Acknowledgements / The Formulation of the U.S. Constitution / The Formulation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation / A Comparison of the U.S. Constitution and Constitution of the Russian Federation: Federal Supremacy; The Presidency; The Rights of Citizens; The American Emphasis on Procedure Article in Journal/Newspaper Alaska Alaska Justice Forum University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA |
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A shorter version of this article by David Mannheimer appeared in the Winter 2008 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum. It can be found at https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/3210. The constitutions of the United States and the Russian Federation were written half a world and more than two hundred years apart. Despite this fact, the two constitutions appear to be remarkably similiar on many levels. Yet their surface similarities mask true differences—differences in the explicit provisions of the two constitutions and also differences in how seemingly equivalent provisions have been put into practice. These differences are mainly attributable to two factors: the extremely different political problems facing the two nations when they drafted their constitutions and the different political traditions that shaped the drafters' choices and emphasis. This article gives a history of the development of the two constitutions, explores the two nation's provisions for federal supremacy, the presidency, and the rights of citizens, and compares the American constitution's emphasis on procedure with the Russian constitution's relative open-endedness about the powers of government and selection of officials. Editor’s Note / Acknowledgements / The Formulation of the U.S. Constitution / The Formulation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation / A Comparison of the U.S. Constitution and Constitution of the Russian Federation: Federal Supremacy; The Presidency; The Rights of Citizens; The American Emphasis on Procedure |
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