The State Defense Order 2012 was implemented nearly 80%. Being limited in labor force, Russia’s defense plants are facing problems related to drastically increased the State Defense Order 2013. President Putin’s requirements to create a transparent military economy, establish order in terms...

In October, the following amendments were introduced into the legislation: such new as well as updated norms of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation as regulate the civil institute of the international private law will become effective from November 2013; the annual quota on education of foreign...

The editors of <i>Laws</i> would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2014:[...]

In November, the following changes were introduced into the legislation: a limitation has been lifted for Crimean legal entities incorporated with state participation as regards reregistration of founding documents in compliance with the Russian legislation; a law on legal regulation of...

Canada recognizes young people’s constitutionally protected freedom of expression and consequently their right to engage in a narrow subset of consensual sexually expressive practices without being prosecuted as child pornographers. Nevertheless, numerous anti-sexting campaigns decry the...

Honouring the requirement of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to introduce supported decision-making poses many challenges. Not least of those challenges is in writing laws and devising policies which facilitate access to formal and informal supports for large numbers of...

USP Marion is the first supermax federal penitentiary. Marionization refers to the experimental control program used at this prison. The prisoners speaking in this article suffered many years of solitary confinement. This research brief discusses some of what they experienced in their own words....

In December, the following main amendments were introduced in the legislation: quotas were replaced with patents for foreign workers who arrive in Russia on a visa-free basis; employers rights to establish associations have been expanded; from January 1, 2015 the minimum monthly wage increased; the...

In September–October 2014, the following main changes were introduced into the legislation: the terms of the Federal Law on the Foundations of the System of Preventive Measures Against Neglect of Minors and Juvenile Delinquency were brought in compliance with the Federal Law on Education in...

Previous research suggests that social relations, in particular the forming of family ties and employment (social factors), self-efficacy (personal factors), and therapeutic interventions (institutional factors) constitute main contributors in post-release success. These studies, however, have...