«What are the nature and institutional mechanisms of lawmaking? How were they interpreted by philosophers of the past and how do the classics of modern political science see them? Why doe the number of laws and the speed of their change not reflect the quality of the legal environment and the effectiveness of the government? What features of political and legal reality allow us to speak about the symptoms of lawmaking degradation in Russia? What, in the author’s opinion, can revitalise the legislative process, in or out of parliament?
These and many other complex issues Ekaterina Shulman, PhD in political science, a specialist in lawmaking, analyses in her book. On the basis of extensive domestic and foreign material, and also her experience in the State Duma, the author reconstructs the dynamics of Russian lawmaking over the past fifteen years, reveals its essence, political content, and problems.
The book can be used as a manual for studying the theoretical foundations and practices of lawmaking in modern Russia.»