Law enforcement by regulatory authorities on complaints may replicate not only advantages but also disadvantages of both public and private enforcement. In Russian antitrust enforcement there are strong incentives to open investigations on almost every complaint. The increasing number of...

The article considers general characteristics of the market for digital legal research systems and contains a short overview of the economic theory of markets for software products. The authors briefly describe the results of their research based on the estimation of the competitive environment...

The authors explain comparative advantages of public enforcement of legislation by public authority by means of control and supervision, on the one hand, and private enforcement, on the other hand, in consumer protection law, labor law and antitrust law in Russia. Along with private and "pure"...

The author describes a legislative attempt to reform the unwieldy and ineffective system of technical regulation. She argues that in practice the reform has failed and discusses the motives underlying resistance to reform.

In recent years the role of anti-monopoly policy in Russia has grown significantly. The enforcement power of the anti-trust agency has increased dramatically. At the same time adverse trends in competition policy have emerged and strengthened. The main reason was, paradoxically, a growing role...