The Future of Freedom in Russia - Hardcover

Heauvel, William J.vanden

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1890151440 ISBN 13: 9781890151447

Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

This book collects papers by 15 contributors, 13 of them Russian, delivered at a conference held in Washington in February 1999. The editor is a distinguished U.S. diplomat and lawyer. The theme is a momentous one, scarcely less for foreigners than for Russians: can Russia have a future in freedom? The tone is carefully hopeful, but not blind, and the text stresses the need to cultivate a civil society, with respect for the law from citizens and state. Such a society is a tender, fragile flower in Russian history, one savagely uprooted during the 74 years of Soviet power. The essays examining this issue in its various aspects (law, religion, business, property, and so forth) are of uniformly high quality, especially the one by Irina Reshetnikova. It is interesting, however, that in Sergei Komaritsyn's review of candidates for the 2000 presidential election and their likely commitment to democracy, the name of Vladimir Putin is not mentioned. Even so, this anthology is the most valuable and knowledgeable addition recently made to studies of contemporary Russia and its prospects for a democratic future. - Robert Johnston, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. [Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.]

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About the Author

William J. vanden Heuvel has served as Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as U.S. Representative to the European Office of the United Nations. Now counsel to the law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, he is also senior advisor to Allen and Company, a New York investment banking firm. A graduate of the Cornell University Law School, Ambassador vanden Heuvel was editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Review and served as executive assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1890151440
• ISBN 13: 9781890151447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256