Тема . Topic 1, 2. Essential Elements of Russian Legal System
 Topic 1  «The Russian Legal System».
These lectures provide an introduction to some key features of the Russian legal system and will facilitate understanding of the sources of law, how law is administered and how legal rules emerge and work in the legal system.
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Lecture 1.1 «Concept of Law».
Summary: Differences between public and private law, substantive and procedural law, civil and criminal law,
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Lecture 1.2 «Sources of law».
Summary: The general principles of the implementation and interpretation of the sources of Russian law.
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Lecture 1.3 «National legislation and international treaties and conventions».
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Seminar 1.1.
Topics for discussion: Laws (statutes) and other normative legal acts and their hierarchy.
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Lecture 1.4 « The court system and the administration of justice».
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Reading list for Topic 1:
Essential Readings:
Shashkova A. Russian Company Law. “MGIMO-University” Publishing House. 2018. p. 218.
Shashkova A. Russian corporate law : practical material. “MGIMO-University” Publishing House. 2018. p. 115. 
Shashkova A. Study Manual on the Bases of Russian Law. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. – 2015.
A.Shashkova, Financial & Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Russia, M. – 2011.
A.Shashkova, Russian Corporate Law, M. – 2009
A.Shashkova, Russian Business Law, M. – 2007
The Constitution of the Russian Federation, dated 12 December 1993
The Federal Law No.101-FZ “On International Treaties of the Russian Federation”, dated 15 July 1995
The Federal Law No.82-FZ “On Minimum Amount of Wages and Salaries”, dated 19 June 2000
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General Readings:
The Federal Constitutional Law No.1-FKZ “On the Judicial System of the Russian Federation”, dated 31 December 1996
The Federal Constitutional Law No.1-FKZ “On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation”, dated 21 July 1994
The Federal Constitutional Law No.1-FKZ “On Military Courts in the Russian Federation”, dated 23 June 1999
The Federal Constitutional Law No.5-FKZ “On the Referendum of the Russian Federation”, dated 28 June 2004
The Federal Constitutional Law No.2-FKZ “On the Government of the Russian Federation”, dated 17 December 1997
The Arbitrazh Procedural Code of the Russian Federation No.95-FZ, dated 24 July 2002
The Tax Code of the Russian Federation, Part I No.146-FZ, dated 31 July 1998, Part II No.117-FZ, dated 5 August 2000
The Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part III No.146-FZ, dated 26 November 2001
The Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation No.138-FZ, dated 14 November 2002
The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation No.63-FZ, dated 13 June 1996
The Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation  No.174-FZ, dated 18 December 2001
The Code for Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation No.195-FZ, dated 30 December 2001
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Internet resources:
www.rsnet.ru
www.legislature.ru
www.consultant.ru
www.garant.ru
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Topic 2  «The Constitutional Rights».
This topic gives a general idea of the subjects of law, which may act within their scope of competence and assume and fulfill certain rights and obligations governed by Russian law.
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Lecture 2.1. «Individuals».
Summary: The active and passive legal capacity of individuals. Guardianship and trusteeship institutes.
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Seminar 2.1.
Topics for discussion: Legal capacity of minors.
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Reading list for Topic 2:
Essential Readings:
Shashkova A. Russian Company Law. “MGIMO-University” Publishing House. 2018. p. 218.
Shashkova A. Russian corporate law : practical material. “MGIMO-University” Publishing House. 2018. p. 115. 
Shashkova A. Study Manual on the Bases of Russian Law. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. – 2015.
A.Shashkova, Financial & Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Russia, M. – 2011.
The Constitution of the Russian Federation, dated 12 December 1993
The Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part I No.51-FZ, dated 30 November 1994, Part II No.14-FZ, dated 26 January 1996
The Federal Law No.82-FZ “On Minimum Amount of Wages and Salaries”, dated 19 June 2000
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General Readings:
The Land Code of the Russian Federation No.136-FZ, dated 25 October 2001
The Forest Code of the Russian Federation No.22-FZ, dated 29 January 1997
The Living Code of the Russian Federation No. 188-FZ, dated 29 December 2004
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Internet resources:
www.consultant.ru
www.garant.ru
                        

    
Тема . Topic 3. Russian Employmet Law
Topic 3  «Labour and Employment Law ».
This section describes the main features of the employment legislation.  It deals with the nature of the labour agreement, the rights and obligations of the employer and the employee, the protection of the employee’s rights.
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Lecture 3.1. «The labour agreements».
Summary: The individual and collective labour agreements. Contents of the labour agreement.
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Lecture 3.2. «Labour relations».
Summary: The moment at which labour relations arise and terminate. Dismissal. Financial liability of the employer and the employees                       
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Lecture 3.3. «Protection of labour rights».
Summary: Confidentiality in the issues concerning personal data of the employees. Measures of protection of labour rights. Guarantees and protection of certain categories of employees, such as expecting mothers, women with children up to 3 years of age, invalids (disabled people), minors, etc. Participation of trade unions and labour protection bodies in disputes between the employees and the employer
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Seminar 3.1.
Topics for discussion: Cases of termination of the labour agreement.
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Reading list for Topic 3:
Essential Readings:
Shashkova A.V. Legal Environment of Entrepreneurship in Russia. Мoscow Nauka, 2019. – 324. ISBN 978-5-907279-05-6.
Shashkova A. Study Manual on the Bases of Russian Law. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. – 2015.
The Labour Code of the Russian Federation No.197-FZ, dated 30 December 2001
The Federal Law No.82-FZ “On Minimum Amount of Wages and Salaries”, dated 19 June 2000
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General Readings:
The Constitution of the Russian Federation, dated 12 December 1993
The Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part I No.51-FZ, dated 30 November 1994, Part II No.14-FZ, dated 26 January 1996
The Federal Law No.125-FZ “On Social Insurance of Industrial Accidents and Occupational Illnesses”, dated 24 July 1998
Amedeo Argentiero, Michele Bagella, Francesco Busato. Springer Science + Business Media. 26/2008. p. 348.
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Internet resources:
www.legislature.ru
www.consultant.ru
www.garant.ru
  
                        

    
Тема . Topic 4. Russian Company Formation
Topic 4  «Company Law».
This topic of the course is central.  It deals with the nature of legal entities, their capacity, limitation of liability, main features and comparative characteristics; the function and the conduct of the general meeting of shareholders and the board of director's meeting in limited liability companies (LLC) and joint-stock companies (J-SC), as well as their powers. The lectures dedicated to the Company Law of Russia as well examine the way in which potential abuse of majority power may be prevented or remedied, show the ways in which insolvent companies may be dealt with, examine legal requirements controlling setting up of a legal entity, take an overview of legal obligations of management in relation to the administration of a company.
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Lecture 4.1. «Types of legal entities».
Summary: Types of legal entities, such as commercial and non-commercial legal entities, partnerships and companies, limited liability or additional liability companies, general partnerships, production cooperatives, state and unitary enterprises, companies limited by stakes (LLC) or companies limited by shares (J-SC), open and closed J-SC. Similarities and differences among all types of companies and partnerships, their capacity and main features. Constituent documents of the legal entity, their content. Inner documents of the legal entity (obligatory and optional).
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Lecture 4.2. «Capital & Financing».
Summary: Procedure of increase and diminution of the charter capital of legal entities.
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Lecture 4.3. «Termination of a company».
Summary: Reorganization of legal entities, its forms and consequences, the moment since which the legal entity is considered to be reorganized. Stages of liquidation of legal entities and bankruptcy (insolvency) matters. Necessary steps to be undertaken to settle down a company; package of constituent documents which a legal entity must submit to the local department of the Tax Service to be registered.
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Lecture 4.4. «GM and other meetings in a company».
Summary: Types of meetings of a LLC and a J-SC: ordinary and extraordinary general meetings. Procedure of convocation of the meeting, shareholders' rights (to participate and to demand the convocation of the meeting), information obligatory for submission to shareholders. Exclusive powers of the general shareholders' meeting.
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Seminar 4.1.
Topics for discussion: Means of minority protection, shareholders' rights. Shareholders' right to demand the compulsory redemption of shares, terms and conditions of redemption, estimating the price of shares.
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Lecture 4.5. «Transactions».
Summary: Major transactions and consequences of recognition of a transaction as a major one. Interested transactions and consequences of non-observance of the procedure of approval of an interested transaction.
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Lecture 4.6. «Directors».
Summary: The meeting of the board of directors and its exclusive powers. Directors: appointment and dismissal.
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Lecture 4.7. «Audit in a company».
Summary: Internal audit commissions (inspectors), auditors, independent appraisers, their role, relationships with the company, duties and obligations.
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Reading list for Topic 4:
Essential Readings:
Shashkova A. Russian Company Law. “MGIMO-University” Publishing House. 2018. p. 218.
Shashkova A. Russian corporate law : practical material. “MGIMO-University” Publishing House. 2018. p. 115. 
Shashkova A. Study Manual on the Bases of Russian Law. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. – 2015.
A.Shashkova, Financial & Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Russia, M. – 2011.
The Constitution of the Russian Federation, dated 12 December 1993
The Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part I No.51-FZ, dated 30 November 1994, Part II No.14-FZ, dated 26 January 1996
The Federal Law No.208-FZ “On Joint-Stock Companies”, dated 26 December 1995
The Federal Law No.14-FZ “On Limited Liability Companies”, dated 8 February 1998
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General Readings:
The Federal Law of the Russian Federation No.127-FZ “On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)”, dated 26 October 2002
The Federal Law No.160-FZ “On Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation”, dated 9 July 1999
The Federal Law No.161-FZ “On State and Municipal Unitary Enterprises”, dated 14 November 2002
The Law of the RSFSR No.948-1 “On Competition and Restriction of Monopoly Activity on Commodity Markets”, dated 22 March 1991
The Federal Law No.40-FZ “On Insolvency (Bankruptcy) of Credit Organizations”, dated 25 February 1999
The Law of the Russian Federation No.2872-2 “On Pledge”, dated 29 May 1992
The Federal Law of the Russian Federation No.102-FZ “On Mortgage”, dated 16 July 1998
The Federal Law No.178-FZ “On the Privatization of the State and Municipal Property”, dated 21 December 2001
The Federal Law No.122-FZ “On the Registration of Rights to Real Property and Transactions with It”, dated 21 July 1997
The Federal Law No.39-FZ “On the Securities Market”, dated 22 April 1996
The Federal Law No.33-FZ “On the Procedure for Approval and Entry into Force of Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation,” dated 4 March 1998
The Federal Law No.5-FZ “On the Procedure of Publishing and Entering into Force of Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws, Acts of the Chambers of the Federal Assembly”, dated 14 June 1994
The Federal Law of the Russian Federation No.307-FZ “On Audit Activity”, dated 30 December 2008.
The Federal Law No.2202-1 “On the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation”, dated 17 January 1992
The Federal Law No.129-FZ “On the State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs”, dated 8 August 2001
The Federal Law No.224-FZ “On Insider Information Misuse and Price Manipulation at the Securities Market Fighting and on Introduction Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation”, dated 27 July 2010
The Federal Law No.88-FZ “On the State Support of Small Business Entities in the Russian Federation”, dated 14 June 1995
The Federal Law No.48-FZ “On the Promissory Note and the Bill of Exchange”, dated 11 March 1997
The Federal Law No.101-FZ “On the Turnover of the Agricultural Land”, dated 24 July 2002
The Federal Law of the Russian Federation No.395-1 “On Banks and Banking Activity”, dated 2 December 1990
The Federal Law No.126-FZ “On Communications”, dated 7 July 2003
The Law of the Russian Federation No.4015-1 “On Organization of Insurance in the Russian Federation”, dated 27 November 1992
The Law of the Russian Federation No.2395-1 “On Subsoil Resources”, dated 21 February 1992
The Federal Law No.7-FZ “On Non-Commercial Organizations”, dated 12 January 1996
The Law of the Russian Federation No.3085-1 “On Consumer Cooperation”, dated 19 June 1992
The Federal Law No.82-FZ “On Public Organizations”, dated 19 May 1995
The Federal Law No.135-FZ “On Charity Activity and Charity Organizations”, dated 11 August 1995
The Federal Law No.41-FZ “On Production Cooperatives”, dated 8 May 1996
The Federal Law No.193-FZ “On Agricultural Cooperation”, dated 8 December 1995
The Federal Law No.156-FZ “On Investment Funds”, dated 29 November 2001
The Federal Law No.46-FZ “On the Security of the Rights of Investors at the Securities Market”, dated 5 March 1999
The Federal Law No.137-FZ “On Entering into Force of the Land Code of the Russian Federation”, dated 25 October 2001
The Federal Law of the Russian Federation No.119-FZ “On Audit Activity”, dated 7 August 2001
The Federal Law No.135-FZ “On Appraisal Activity in the Russian Federation”, dated 29 July 1998
The Law of the Russian Federation No.2124-1 “On Mass Media”, dated 27 December 1991
The Law of the Russian Federation No.2300-1 “On Protection of the Consumers’ Rights”, dated 7 February 1999
Aleskerov F. Power Distribution in Russian Parliament Working Papers of the HSE WP13/2008/06, — М.: ГУ ВШЭ.
Amedeo Argentiero, Michele Bagella, Francesco Busato. Springer Science + Business Media. 26/2008.
Bagella M., Becchetti. Regional externalities and direct effects of legislation against money laundering: A test on excess money balances in the five Andean countries. Journal of Money Laundering Control. Ed. 7 (4).
Durnev A. and Guriev S. The Resourse Curse: A Corporate Transperancy Channe.l
Guriev S., Yakovlev E., Zhuravskaya E. Inter-State Spillovers and Lobbying. // WP13/2007/16. – Moscow: Publishing house of SU HSE, 2007.
Keefer P. and Khemani S. When do legislators pass on «pork»? The Role of Political Parties in Determing Legislator Effort.
Pokatovich E. The model of corruption and punishment on an illegal market. // Pokatovich Elena, State University ― Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. , WP13/2007/08. – Moscow: Publishing House of SU HSE, 2007.
Special report. Nigeria: Traders at Risk. International Maritime Bureau, London, 1994.
Tanzi V. Fiscal Policy in the Future: Challenges and Opportunities. WP13/2007/02. - Moscow: Publishing House of SU HSE, 2007.
Tanzi V. Uses and abuses of estimates of the underground economy.  Economic Journal. Ed. 109.
Treisman D. The Popularity of Russian Presidents / D. Treisman // Journal of International Affairs.  Columbia. – 2010. - Vol. 63, No. 2, Spring/Summer.
Yakovlev E. and Zhuravskaya E. Reforms in Business Regulation: Evidence from Russia.
Yakovlev A. State-Business Relations and Improvement of Corporate Governance in Russia.
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Тема . Paid content

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. SUBJECT-MATTER OF ENTREPRENEURAL LAW. CIVIL LAW SYSTEM. SOURCES OF LAW
1.	OVERVIEW
2.	SOURCES OF LAW	
3.	COURT SYSTEM

CHAPTER II. SUBJECTS OF CIVIL LAW
1.	OVERVIEW	
2.	NATURAL PERSONS AS SUBJECTS OF CIVIL LAW
3.	LEGAL ENTITIES AS SUBJECTS OF CIVIL LAW
4.	REPRESENTATION / AGENCY LAW

CHAPTER III. EMPLOYMENT LAW
1.	OVERVIEW	
2.	LABOUR AGREEMENT	
3.	RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE	

CHAPTER IV. THE FORMATION AND CONSTITUTION OF BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS
1.	OVERVIEW
2.	NON-COMMERCIAL LEGAL ENTITIES
3.	COMMERCIAL LEGAL ENTITIES. PARTNERSHIPS
4.	LEGAL PERSONALITY
5.	CREATION OF BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS
6.	REORGANISATION AND LIQUIDATION OF BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS

CHAPTER V. CAPITAL AND FINANCING OF LIMITED COMPANIES
1.	THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (THE COMPANY LIMITED BY STAKES)
2.	OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES (THE JOINT-STOCK COMPANY)
3.	LIABILITY FOR OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES.
4.	THE SHAREHOLDERS	
5.	CREATION OF THE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES	
6.	SHARE CAPITAL	
7.	LOAN CAPITAL	
8.	CAPITAL MAINTENANCE AND DIVIDEND LAW	

CHAPTER VI. COMPANY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
1.	MANAGEMENT IN THE LLC	
2.	COMPANY MEETINGS AND DECISION TAKING IN THE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES	
3.	COMPANY DIRECTORS IN THE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES	
4.	OTHER MANAGEMENT BODIES IN THE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES	
5.	MAJOR TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES	
6.	INTERESTED TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

REFERENCES	

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS FOR MAJOR ISSUING AUTHORITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION	

KEY LEGISLATION REFERENCED IN THE BOOK

GLOSSARY