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Will Vladimir Putin Learn from Russia’s Revolutionary History?
On Friday, President Vladimir Putin’s former finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, issued a stark warning to his former boss: If the regime refuses to pursue “further” political reforms and continues its...
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Can Russia Keep Faking Democracy?
Can Russia Keep Faking Democracy? Over the last six months, the Russian protest movement has adopted a dizzying number of different identities. As peaceful mass protests have morphed into a mix of...
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Mr. Putin’s “Rule-by-Law State”
In the last couple of weeks, the Russian authorities have increased their efforts to stem the tide of the Russian opposition movement. On June 8, President Vladimir Putin signed a controversial law...
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HILJ Symposium: A Pragmatist’s Response to “The Democratic Coup d’Etat”
Editor’s Note: This post is part of the Harvard International Law Journal Volume 53(2) symposium. Other posts in this series can be found on the Opinio Juris website. The Democratic Coup d’Etat is an...
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Constitution-Making by “We the Majority” in Egypt
Egypt’s constitution-making process has seemingly attained warp speed. Facing the threat of judicial dissolution, members of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly voted to accept a draft of a new...
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The Dangers of Popular Constitution-Making
INTRODUCTION Across the Middle East and North Africa, corrupt dictatorships are currently being swept away with astonishing speed. To fulfill the democratic promise of this wave of authoritarian...
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Putin’s Artful Jurisprudence
At 8:00 P.M., Moscow time, on September 21, 1993, Russian president Boris Yeltsin read out an emergency decree on national television. Blaming Russian parliamentary leaders for ignoring the will of the...
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Hugo Chavez’s Constitutional Legacy
After his recent death, Hugo Chavez’s legacy is being widely debated. Those on the right see his death as a chance for Venezuelans to emerge from repressive dictatorship – for instance, Republican...
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Russia’s Financial Police State
On July 1, the presidency of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) passed to Russia. Thus, with no fanfare, the body set up over two decades ago by the United States and other Western countries to...
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The Constitutionality of Vladimir Putin’s Third Term
Almost as soon as the election results declaring Vladimir Putin’s election were certified, Russia’s nascent opposition immediately challenged the results as illegitimate. The League of Voters, for...
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