Russian company and commercial legislation

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Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Russia (Federation)
Biografical Information: William E. Butler is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of London, an Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and Director of the Vinogradoff Institute, University College London. He was formerly Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers CIS Law Firm in Moscow, and
continues to have a Moscow-based consultancy practice in Russian law.
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003
Material: Internet resource
Type: Book, Internet Resource
Permalink: http://books.lawlegal.eu/russian-company-and-commercial-legislation/ (Stable identifier)

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XXXVII, 880 pages ; 26 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Russian company and commercial legislation is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: compiled and edited, with translations from the Russian and an introduction, by W.E. Butler.
Publication Date: 2003
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 10 editions
First edition Date: 2002
Last edition Date: 2005
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KLB914
Dewey Code: 346.4707
ISBN: 0199261520 9780199261529
OCLC: 52900509

Publisher Description:

This volume focuses on the most essential foundation laws for the foreign investor and student of foreign economic relations. Translated from the Russian by Professor Butler, it covers legislation relating to insurance, insolvency, companies and partnerships, state and municipal enterprises, noncommercial organizations, civil rights, and foreign investment. Each law is prefaced by a detailed table of contents, and all translations are made from the official Russian texts, incorporating all amendments, changes, and additions, and including, where applicable, relevant decrees of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. Russian Company and Commercial Legislation will be published alongside Civil Code of the Russian Federation (0199261539) and the second edition of Professor Butler's acclaimed text on Russian Law (0199254001).

Main Contents

General provisions. Federal law on the state registration of juridical persons (8 August 2001)
Federal law on licensing individual types of activity (8 August 2001, as amended)
Federal law on competition and the limitation of monopolistic activity on goods markets (22 March, 1991, as amended)
Law of the Russian Federation on the organisation of insurance affairs in the Russian Federation (27 November 1992, as amended)
Land code of the Russian Federation (25 October 2001)
Federal law on introduction into operation of the land code of the Russian Federation (25 October 2001)
Federal law on the turnover of lands of agricultural designation (24 July 2002)
Economic societies and partnerships. Federal law on limited responsibility societies (8 February 1998, as amended)
Federal law on joint-stock societies (26 December 1995, as amended)
Federal law on the peculiarities of the legal status of joint-stock societies of workers (people's enterprises) (19 July 1998, as amended)
Federal law on financial-industrial groups (30 November 1995)
Federal law on banks and banking activity (2 December 1990, as amended)
Federal law on insolvency (or bankruptcy) (26 October 2002)
Federal law on the insolvency (or bankruptcy) of credit organisations (25 February 1999, as amended)
State and municipal unitary enterprises. Federal law on state and municipal unitary enterprises (14 November 2002) Noncommercial organisations. Federal law on noncommercial organisations (12 January 1996, as amended)
Federal law on philanthropic activity and philanthropic organisations (11 August 1995, as amended)
Objects of civil rights. Federal law on the securities market (20 March 1996, as amended)
Federal law on defence of the rights and legal interests of investors on the securities market (5 March 1999, as amended)
Federal law on counteracting the legalisation (or laundering) of revenues received by criminal means and financing of terrorism (7 August 2001, as amended)
Law of the Russian Federation on pledge (29 May 1992, as affected)
Federal law on mortgage (or pledge of immoveable) (16 July 1998, as amended)
Federal law on finance lease (finance leasing) (29 October 1998, as amended)
Foreign investment and international arbitration. Federal law on foreign investment in the Russian Federation (9 July 1999, as amended)
Federal law on investment activity in the Russian Federation effectuated in the form of capital investments (25 February 1999, as amended)
Law of the Russian Federation on international commercial arbitration (7 July 1993) [includes Annexes 1-2 and Decree on the introduction into oeration of the law on international commercial arbitration (7 July 1993)]
Federal law on arbitration courts in the Russian Federation (24 July 2002).

Summary Note

Focusing on the most essential foundation laws for the foreign investor and student of foreign economic relations, this text covers legislation relating to insurance, insolvency, companies, state and municipal enterprises, noncommercial organizations, civil rights and foreign investment. '''

Preface
Editor's Introduction: On the Development of Russian Commercial and Company Legislation
General Provisions
Federal Law on Registration of Juridical Persons (8 August 2001)
Federal Law on Licensing Individual Types of Activity (8 August 2001, as amended)
Federal Law on Competition and the Limitation of Monopolistic Activity on Goods Markets (22 March 1991, as amended)
Federal law on the Organization of Insurance Affairs (27 November 1992, as amended)
Land Code of the Russian Federation (25 October 2001)
Federal Law on the Turnover of Lands of Agricultural Designation (24 July 2002)
Economic Societies and Partnerships
Federal Law on Limited Responsibility Societies (14 January 1998, as amended)
Federal Law on Joint-Stock Societies (26 December 1995, as amended)
Federal Law on the Peculiarities of the Legal Status of Joint-Stock Societies of Workers (People's Enterprises) (19 July 1998)
Federal Law on Financial-Industrial Groups (30 November 1995)
Law on Banks and Banking Activities (2 December 1990, as amended)
Federal Law on Insolvency (or Bankruptcy) (8 January 1998, as amended)
Federal Law on Insolvency (or Bankruptcy) of Credit Organizations (25 February 1999, as amended)
State and Municipal Unitary Enterprises
Decree on Federal State Unitary Enterprises Based on the Right of Economic Jurisdiction (6 December 1999)
Decree on the Transfer of Federal State Unitary Enterprises to the Ownership of Subjects of the Russian Federation (9 December 1999)
Noncommercial Organizations
Federal Law on Noncommercial Organizations (12 January 1996, as amended)
Federal Law on Philanthropic Activity and Philanthropic Organizations (11 August 1995)
Objects of Civil Rights
Federal Law on the Securities Market (22 April 1996, as amended)
Federal Law on Defence of the Rights and Legal Interests of Investors on the Securities Market (5 March 1999, as amended)
Federal Law on Counteracting the Legalization (or Laundering) of Revenues Received by Criminal Means (7 August 2001)
Federal Law on Pledge (29 May 1992, as amended)
Federal Law on Mortgage (or Pledge of Immoveable) (16 July 1998, as amended)
Federal Law on Finance Leasing (29 October 1998, as amended)
Foreign Investment
Federal Law on Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation (9 July 1999, as amended)
Federal Law on Investments in the Form of Capital Investments (25 February 1999, as amended)
Law on International Commercial Arbitration

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