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Since the end of the Cold War the relationship between the internal constitution of a state and its international behaviour has been a subject of much scholarly interest. Assuming that this connection matters the author analyses the transformation from the USSR to the Russian Federation. Does a liberal Russia behave better than the non-liberal USSR? Are Russia's attitudes towards international law different than those of the former USSR? How much continuity is there and how much change has occurred in the scholarship of international law in Russia? How are Russia's treaties made and implemented? What is the role of international law in the Russian legal system? The author shows that international human rights played an important role in the Soviet perestroika and in the subsequent reforms in the Russian Federation. She argues that at the surface level the transformation in Russia has been remarkable, notably so with regard to the role of international law in the domestic legal system. Drawing from a wide range of materials - Soviet/Russian history, legislation, court cases and doctrinal writings - the book takes a cultural and historical perspective to analysis of legal change

Abstract
International codification efforts have not yet yielded functioning treaty regimes relating to jurisdictional immunities of states and their property. In practice, however, many states have embraced a restrictive approach to state immunity, either in special legislation enacted to that effect, or in their judicial practice. There is no special legislation on state immunity in Finland, but the courts have been faced with state immunity questions on a few occasions. The courts have made an effort to apply the 2004 UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property as a matter of customary international law binding on Finland. By so doing they have steered the Finnish practice towards restrictive understanding of state immunity.