Russian court reform highlights centralising trends

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  • General courts: Soviet legacy
  • Commercial courts: post-Soviet experiment
  • Merger details
  • Reasons for the merger
  • Backlash
  • Legal elites
  • Business elites
  • Political elites
  • Role of elites

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