New Project with participation of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

New Project with participation of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
“The Rule-of-Law and the Correlation of Public and Private Interests in Solving Economic Disputes”

In June 2010, the Institute of Law and Public Policy launched a new project supported by the US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF). This project is the first attempt undertaken within the scope of Russian-American cooperation to establish direct partnership relations between the Justices of the Constitutional Court of Russia and American judges, to create a common discussion and organize exchange of experience on such issues as the rule of law and correlation of public and private interests in solving economic disputes. Organization of a wide “peer-to-peer” dialogue between Russian and American judges would lead to achieving the ultimate goal of the project - facilitating the improvement of investment climate in Russia and the upturn of investment image of Russia for the American investors.

During the one-year period of project implementation a group of American judges and the Justices of the Constitutional Court of Russia with the assistance of experts from both countries will conduct two meetings devoted to the discussion of topical issues arising as a consequence of rapid economic development, such as a wide range of questions related to functioning of joint-stock companies. Furthermore, an expert round table will be organized where the experts will present the analytical report devoted to revealing similarities and differences in Russian and American legal systems and investigating constitutional principles and values which are of great importance from theoretical and practical viewpoints for settling economic disputes in both countries.

The results of analytical work conducted by the judges and experts within the scope of the project will be published as a comparative study of matters related to the systems of jurisprudence in Russia and the USA, implementation of the rule-of-law principle and correlation of public and private interests in solving economic disputes.