Empirical Legal Studies in Russia: Expanding Boundaries
EDN: EPFNLT
About the Authors
A. P. KazunRussian Federation
Anton P. Kazun, PhD in Sociology, Director of the Institute, Associate Professor
Institute for Industrial and Market Studies; Faculty of Economic Sciences
Moscow
Research interests: sociology of law, institutional economics
M. D. Belov
United States
Mikhail Belov, PhD student
Department of Communication (UCLA)
Los Angeles
Research interests: sociology of law, conversation analysis, computational social science, political communication, linguistic anthropology
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For citations:
Kazun A.P., Belov M.D. Empirical Legal Studies in Russia: Expanding Boundaries. Sociology of Power. 2025;37(4):8-18. (In Russ.) EDN: EPFNLT












































