Copyright, freedom of speech, and cultural policy in the Russian Federation / Michiel Elst.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-699) and index.

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Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; General Introduction; Part I. Soviet Copyright in the Era of Real Socialism: The Period from 1917 until 1985; Title I. Creativity and Entrepreneurship in the Soviet Union's Cultural Sector; Title II. The History and Specificity of Socialist Copyright Law; Part II. System Transformation in the Period 1985-2000; Introduction; Title I. Perestroika and Its Effects on State, Party, and Culture; Title II. The Transformation of the Political and Legal System; Title III. The Transformation of the Economic System; Title IV. The Transformation of Cultural Policy

Part III. A Copernican Revolution in Copyright Law?Introduction: The Task for the Russian Legislator; Title I. The Transformation of Copyright; Title II. The Russian Copyright Law of 9 July 1993; Part IV. Nature and Function of Communist and Postcommunist Copyright; Introduction; Chapter I. The Legal Nature of Communist and Postcommunist Copyright; Chapter II. Copyright, Freedom of Art, and Freedom of Entrepreneurship in the System Transformation; General Conclusion; Soviet Copyright; The System Transformation; The System Transformation and Russian Copyright

Selected Bibliographical ReferencesA. Works in Russian; B. Works in Western Languages; About the Author; Index

The book provides a detailed analysis of the freedom of expression, and of copyright legislation in Russia, always with an eye on historic comparisons and evolutions . At the same time it gives a synthetic overview of the main changes in constitutional, civil and economic law in the last 15 years.

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