Everyday Law in Russia challenges the prevailing common wisdom that
Russians cannot rely on their law and that Russian courts are
hopelessly politicized and corrupt. While acknowledging the
persistence of verdicts dictated by the Kremlin in politically
charged cases, Kathryn Hendley explores how ordinary Russian
citizens experience law. Relying on her own extensive observational
research in Russia's new justice-of-the-peace courts as well as her
analysis of a series of focus groups, she documents Russians'
complicated attitudes regarding law. The same Russian citizen who
might shy away from taking a dispute with a state agency or
powerful individual to court might be willing to sue her insurance
company if it refuses to compensate her for damages following an
auto accident. Hendley finds that Russian judges pay close
attention to the law in mundane disputes, which account for the
vast majority of the cases brought to the Russian courts. Any
reluctance on the part of ordinary Russian citizens to use the
courts is driven primarily by their fear of the time and
cost-measured in both financial and emotional terms-of the judicial
process. Like their American counterparts, Russians grow more
willing to pursue disputes as the social distance between them and
their opponents increases; Russians are loath to sue friends and
neighbors, but are less reluctant when it comes to strangers or
acquaintances. Hendley concludes that the "rule of law" rubric is
ill suited to Russia and other authoritarian polities where law
matters most-but not all-of the time.
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