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dc.contributor.authorMannheimer, David
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-08T17:45:57Z
dc.date.available2019-10-08T17:45:57Z
dc.date.issued2008-01-01
dc.identifier.citationMannheimer, David. (2008). "A Comparison of the American and Russian Constitutions." Alaska Justice Forum 24(4): web supplement (Winter 2008).en_US
dc.identifier.issn0893-8903
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/10604
dc.descriptionA 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.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsEditor’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 Procedureen_US
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dc.publisherJustice Center, University of Alaska Anchorageen_US
dc.sourceAlaska Justice Forumen_US
dc.subjectconstitutionen_US
dc.subjectRussiaen_US
dc.titleA Comparison of the American and Russian Constitutionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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