Russian Business Law

• Author: E. Tyagay
• Position: Kutafin Moscow State Law University (Moscow, Russia)
• Pages: 176-179

BRICS LAW JOURNAL Volume III (2016) Issue 2

BOOK REVIEW NOTES

RuSSIan BuSInESS Law1

EKATERINA TYAGAY,

Kutan Moscow State Law University (Moscow, Russia)

DOI: 10.21684/2412-2343-2016-3-2-176-179

Recommended citation: Ekaterina Tyagay, Russian Business Law, 3(2) BRICS Law

Review 176–179 (2016).

It’s been 25 years since Russia has become one of the stakeholders of the world economy

and a key member of international business community. Yet when it comes to the modern

Russian Business Law, not much has been said, and even less has been written.

Professors Evgeny Gubin and Alexander Molotnikov, together with other authors,

performed an impressive research project with the goals of uncovering, systemizing

and outlining the essentials of the Russian Business Law. Their work took a lot of

professional courage and enthusiasm which nally led to a long-awaited result:

a fundamental and at the same time easy-to-read textbook that represents Russian

commercial, business and legal basics to the global English-speaking audience.

The book consists of 10 chapters and covers the following topics: business

legislation (Chapter 1); business association forms (Chapter 2); core business contracts

(Chapter 3); ba nkruptcy (Chapter 4 ); securi ties regula tion (Chapt er 5); banking

regulation (Chapter 6); regulation of natural resources (Chapter 7); competition

(Chapter 8); investment regulation (Chapter 9); litigation, arbitration and other means

of legal protection (Chapter 10).

The aforementioned areas go far beyond ‘the essentials’ of the Russian business law –

a glimpse at the table of contents reveals modesty with which the authors have chosen

a name to their book. For example, banking regulation, regulation of natural resources,

contracts, litigation and arbitration are usually considered as independent and very

1 Reviewed book: Russian Business Law: the essentials (E.P. Gubin, A.E. Molotnikov eds, Moscow, STARTUP 2016).