Russia and other CIS-States
With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, not only the geopolitical map in Eastern Europe, but also in the Caucasus and Central Asia was redrawn. Since then the successor states of the Soviet Union have been developing their own national legal systems which are oriented towards the demands of modern market economy. The legal transformation process can be illustrated not only by the recodified civil law, but also by recently adopted laws of many successor states of the Soviet Union. This process has led to new legal systems that are in the spotlight of comparative law. The rapid change of the political system and the adherent changes of the legal framework allow unique insights into the functioning of law and its interaction with society. On the other hand, in the former Soviet republics there is an interest to adopt the European and in particular the German law. The reason is that the affiliation of these states to the continental law system was not completely abolished during socialism. Moreover, even before World War I the reception of German law had taken place and it influences the current civil law of Russia and other CIS countries.
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