2 KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW Volume 1 Maria Antokolskaja (VU University Amsterdam) Andrea Bonomi (University of Lausanne) Bill Bowring (University of Essex) William Butler (Pennsylvania State University) Peter Van Elsuwege (University of Ghent) Christophe Hillion (University of Leiden) Editors-in-Chief Irina Alebastrova (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Paul Kalinichenko (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Executive Editor Olga Shevchenko (Kutafi n University, Moscow) International Editor Maria Zakharova (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Online Editor Sergey Zaikin (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Promotion Editors Yulia Kalinina (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Bartosz Mendyk (Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce) Submission Editors Marina Lazareva (Kutafi n University, Vologda) Elena Cherepakhina (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Frequency two issues per year Contacts www.kulawr.ru ialebastrova@mail.ru kulawr2014@gmail.com +7 (499) 244-85-56 KULawR always welcomes new authors and sponsors www Publisher Kutafi n Moscow State Law University (MSAL) 9 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya str., Moscow, Russia, 123995 http://msal.ru/en/ msal@msal.ru +7 (499) 244-85-56 KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY April 2016 Senior Editorial Council Dimitry Kochenov (University of Groningen) Sergey Pashin (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) Roman Petrov (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) Csaba Varga (Catholic University, Budapest) Sergey Zavriev (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Junjie Zhang (Minzu University of China) Editorial Board Team Public Relations Editor Alexander Ermolenko (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Diversity and Development Editors Alexey Salomatin (University of Penza) Oleksiy Kresin (Volodymyr Koretskyi Institute of State and Law, Kyiv) Boris Strashun (Kutafi n University, Moscow) Editors Jensen Bigelow (Davidson College, North Carolina) Arsen Gourjian (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts) Thomas Roberts (ELF Translations LTD, Edinburgh) Junior (Student) Editor Olga Gavrilova (Kutafi n University, Moscow) The opinions expressed in submissions do not necessarily refl ect the position of the Editorial Body and Council. <...> Any part of this journal may not <...>
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KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW
Volume 1
Maria Antokolskaja
(VU University Amsterdam)
Andrea Bonomi
(University of Lausanne)
Bill Bowring
(University of Essex)
William Butler
(Pennsylvania State University)
Peter Van Elsuwege
(University of Ghent)
Christophe Hillion
(University of Leiden)
Editors-in-Chief
Irina Alebastrova
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Paul Kalinichenko
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Executive Editor
Olga Shevchenko
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
International Editor
Maria Zakharova
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Online Editor
Sergey Zaikin
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Promotion Editors
Yulia Kalinina
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Bartosz Mendyk
(Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce)
Submission Editors
Marina Lazareva
(Kutafi n University, Vologda)
Elena Cherepakhina
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Frequency
two issues per year
Contacts
www.kulawr.ru
ialebastrova@mail.ru
kulawr2014@gmail.com
+7 (499) 244-85-56
KULawR always welcomes new
authors and sponsors
www
Publisher
Kutafi n Moscow
State Law University (MSAL)
9 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya str.,
Moscow, Russia, 123995
http://msal.ru/en/
msal@msal.ru
+7 (499) 244-85-56
KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY
April 2016
Senior Editorial Council
Dimitry Kochenov
(University of Groningen)
Sergey Pashin
(Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
Roman Petrov
(Kyiv-Mohyla Academy)
Csaba Varga
(Catholic University, Budapest)
Sergey Zavriev
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Junjie Zhang
(Minzu University of China)
Editorial Board Team
Public Relations Editor
Alexander Ermolenko
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Diversity and Development
Editors
Alexey Salomatin
(University of Penza)
Oleksiy Kresin
(Volodymyr Koretskyi Institute
of State and Law, Kyiv)
Boris Strashun
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
Editors
Jensen Bigelow
(Davidson College, North Carolina)
Arsen Gourjian
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Massachusetts)
Thomas Roberts
(ELF Translations LTD,
Edinburgh)
Junior (Student) Editor
Olga Gavrilova
(Kutafi n University, Moscow)
The opinions expressed in
submissions do not necessarily
refl ect the position of the
Editorial Body and Council.
All rights reserved. Any
part of this journal may not be
published elsewhere without the
written consent of the publisher
LAW REVIEW
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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Note ............................................................................................................... 2
LEGAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND THEORETICAL INSIGHTS
The Dispute between Boris Chicherin and Vladimir Solovyov
on the Nature of Law and Modern Constitutionalism
Article by Vladimir Kochetkov (Russia) ....................................................................... 3
CRIME PREVENTION: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND SOCIAL PRACTICES
Peculiarities of Reception of Foreign Crime Prevention Practices
in the Russian Federation
Article by Gennady V. Dashkov (Russia) ....................................................................23
Developments of Social (Crime) Prevention in Europe –
A Brief Overview
Article by Gorazd Meško and Benjamin Flander (Slovenia) ......................................46
POLITICAL PROBLEMS AND LEGAL SOLUTIONS
Some Thoughts on the Origins of Russian Constitutionalism
and the Position of Russia in the Global Constitutional Process
Article by Galina Andreeva (Russia) ...........................................................................54
Overlapping Competencies Within the System of Separation
of Powers in the Russian Federation
Article by Nina M. Kolosova (Russia) .........................................................................76
E-Democracy in Modern Russia: The Establishment,
Development and Prospects
Article by Marina M. Kuryachaya (Russia) .................................................................93
LAW AND ECONOMY
Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Relating
to International Commercial Disputes in Vietnam
Article by Tran Viet Dung (Vietnam) ........................................................................ 106
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The Balance between Human Rights and Investment
Treaty Obligations in Oil and Gas Industry
Article by Vasily N. Anurov (Russia) ......................................................................... 127
The Constitutional Regulation of Property Rights
Article by Ilya Iksanov and Polina Krasnova (Russia) ............................................. 142
HUMANISTIC VALUES IN LAW
Regulatory Decisions of the Constitutional Council
of the Republic of Kazakhstan and their Impact on Developing
an Effective System to Protect the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Article by Saule Amandikova (Kazakhstan) .............................................................. 158
Moral, Informational and Legal Aspects
of Professional Journalism
Article by Dmitry Shibaev and Nina Uibo (Russia) .................................................. 173
Combating an Unjustifi ed Tax Benefi t in the Russian Federation
Note by Sergey Sergeev (Russia) ............................................................................... 185
Legal Aspects of Surrogacy Contracts
Note by Svetlana Morozova (Russia) ........................................................................ 198
MANY THANKS TO OUR REVIEWERS FOR THE YEARS OF 2014―2015 .......... 204
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DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Note ...............................................................................................................2
LEGAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND THEORETICAL INSIGHTS
The Dispute between Boris Chicherin and Vladimir Solovyov
on the Nature of Law and Modern Constitutionalism
Article by Vladimir Kochetkov (Russia) ........................................................................3
I. Introduction ..................................................................................................4
II. Chicherin: law as freedom ............................................................................8
III. Solovyov: law as social justice .................................................................... 11
IV. Modern constitutionalism on freedom and justice ...................................14
V. Conclusion ...................................................................................................20
Bibliography .........................................................................................................20
CRIME PREVENTION: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND SOCIAL PRACTICES
Peculiarities of Reception of Foreign Crime Prevention Practices
in the Russian Federation
Article by Gennady V. Dashkov (Russia) .................................................................... 23
I. Introduction. Objective setting ..................................................................25
II. Functions of criminological comparative legal studies .......................... 26
III. Creative punishments as the subject of adopting foreign crime
fi ghting experience ......................................................................................32
IV. Priorities in adopting foreign practices in crime fi ghting .........................36
V. Formation of the collective experience resulting from
the citizens’ enhanced involvement in crime fi ghting ...............................40
VI. Perspectives .................................................................................................44
Bibliography .........................................................................................................44
Developments of Social (Crime) Prevention in Europe – A Brief Overview
Article by Gorazd Meško and Benjamin Flander (Slovenia) ......................................46
I. On social crime prevention ........................................................................47
II. The historical context: A brief sketch of the key post-war
developments in the sphere of social crime prevention ...........................49
III. Conclusion ...................................................................................................52
Bibliography .........................................................................................................53
POLITICAL PROBLEMS AND LEGAL SOLUTIONS
Some Thoughts on the Origins of Russian Constitutionalism
and the Position of Russia in the Global Constitutional Process
Article by Galina Andreeva (Russia) ........................................................................... 54
I. Russian researchers in constitutional law about the origins
of Russian constitutional history ...............................................................55
II. Russian constitutionalism outside Russia and in its remote parts ..........60
III. Origins of Russian constitutionalism outside Russia: An experience
of joint (together with the Ottoman Empire) granting
the Constitution to the Ionian Islands in 1799 ..........................................62
IV. The importance of Russia’s constitutional experience for the evaluation
of Russia’s place in the international constitutional process ...................69
V. Concluding Remarks .......................................................................................72
Bibliography .........................................................................................................72
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Overlapping Competencies Within the System of Separation
of Powers in the Russian Federation
Article by Nina M. Kolosova (Russia) ......................................................................... 76
I. Introduction ................................................................................................77
II. Sovereignty of the people and representation of the people
as constitutional foundations for the overlapping competencies .............79
IП. Limitations to overlapping: The danger of disproportion ........................83
IV. The principle of separation of powers and overlapping competencies:
The role of the RF Constitutional Court in ensuring
their proportional application ....................................................................88
V. Conclusions .................................................................................................91
Bibliography .........................................................................................................91
E-Democracy in Modern Russia: The Establishment,
Development and Prospects
Article by Marina M. Kuryachaya (Russia) ................................................................. 93
I. The institutionalization of E-Democracy in Russia ..................................94
II. The electronic technology in the legal space of Russia .............................97
III. The electronic technologies of the control of activities
of public authorities ....................................................................................99
IV. The development of crowdsourcing in the legal fi eld ............................. 102
V. The problems of the development of electronic democracy in Russia ..... 103
Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 104
LAW AND ECONOMY
Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Relating
to International Commercial Disputes in Vietnam
Article by Tran Viet Dung (Vietnam) ........................................................................ 107
I. Introduction .............................................................................................. 107
II. An overview of the regulatory framework ............................................... 109
1. Types of arbitral awards .................................................................... 109
2. The procedure for obtaining court judgment
for the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards ................................ 110
3. Grounds for the refusal to recognize and enforce arbitral awards .......111
III. Application of the New York Convention in Vietnam ............................. 113
1. General principle of application of the New York Convention ........ 113
2.
3. Causes for refusal to recognize the foreign arbitral awards ............ 115
(a)
(b) validity of an arbitration agreement ................................................. 117
(c)
(d) public policy consideration ............................................................... 119
(e)
Defi nition of the arbitral award ........................................................ 114
legal representation ........................................................................... 116
notifi cation procedure ....................................................................... 118
court’s jurisdiction ............................................................................. 120
(f) an authorized representative for the applicant in the proceeding ........121
(g) burden of proof in case of refusal to enforce the award .................. 121
(h) piercing the corporate veil ................................................................. 122
IV. Conclusion ................................................................................................. 123
Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 126
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The Balance between Human Rights and Investment Treaty Obligations
in Oil and Gas Industry
Article by Vasily N. Anurov (Russia) ......................................................................... 127
I. Introduction .............................................................................................. 130
II. The interaction between international investment law
and human rights...................................................................................... 131
III. The prerequisites for the application
of the proportionality principle ................................................................ 132
IV. The common denominator in the proportionality principle .................. 134
V. The interaction between concession contracts
and human rights...................................................................................... 136
VI. The application of the principle of proportionality
in the oil and gas industry ........................................................................ 138
VII. Conclusions ............................................................................................... 140
Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 141
The Constitutional Regulation of Property Rights
Article by Ilya Iksanov and Polina Krasnova (Russia) ............................................. 142
I. Introduction .............................................................................................. 144
II. The importance of constitutional law
in regulating public relations in the economy sphere ............................. 144
III. The involvement of the institution of property rights
in some court cases ................................................................................... 145
IV. The constitutional law concept of private property rights ...................... 147
V. The defi nitive opinion on the status and rights
of bona fi de owner .................................................................................... 152
Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 156
HUMANISTIC VALUES IN LAW
Regulatory Decisions of the Constitutional Council
of the Republic of Kazakhstan and their Impact on Developing
an Effective System to Protect the Rights of Man
and of the Citizen
Article by Saule K. Amandikova (Kazakhstan) ......................................................... 158
I. Introduction ..........................................................................................159
II. The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan
and international human rights standards ...........................................160
III. The Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
Its powers and the role in rights’ protection ........................................161
IV. Signifi cance of preventive constitutional control .................................163
V. Interpretation of the Constitution as the most important
part of the Constitutional Council's impact
on the protection of human rights ........................................................164
VI. The Constitutional Council as a body
providing indirect protection of human rights .....................................169
VII. Conclusion .............................................................................................170
Bibliography .....................................................................................................171
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Moral, Informational and Legal Aspects
of Professional Journalism
Article by Dmitry Shibaev and Nina Uibo (Russia) .................................................. 173
I. Introduction .............................................................................................. 174
II. International and Russian legal regulation
of journalism ............................................................................................. 176
III. The practice of resolving disputes
by the Public Commission for Press Complaints .................................... 180
IV. Findings ..................................................................................................... 182
Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 184
Combating an Unjustifi ed Tax Benefi t in the Russian Federation
Article by Sergey Sergeev (Russia) ............................................................................ 185
I. Introduction .............................................................................................. 186
II. Adopting the concept of unjustifi ed tax benefi t ...................................... 187
III. Common judicial doctrines applied by Arbitration courts ..................... 188
A. The business purpose doctrine ......................................................... 188
B. The doctrine of fi ctitious transactions .............................................. 189
C. The doctrine of primacy of substance over form ............................. 189
D. The doctrine of due circumspection
at the Choice of a Business Partner .................................................. 189
IV. Signs of unjustifi ed tax benefi t ................................................................. 190
V. Combating abusive practices in foreign jurisdictions ............................. 191
VI. Judicial practice review ............................................................................ 192
A.
B.
Artifi cial involvement of intermediaries ........................................... 192
Infl ating the price through the use of fl y-by-night companies .......... 193
C. Fragmentation of business ................................................................ 194
D. Abuse of tax reliefs ............................................................................ 195
VII. Concluding remarks .................................................................................. 196
Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 197
Legal Aspects of Surrogacy Contracts
Note by Svetlana Morozova (Russia) ........................................................................ 198
MANY THANKS TO OUR REVIEWERS FOR THE YEARS OF 2014―2015 .......... 204
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