Peter Solomon, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Courts and the legal order in Russia
SSHRC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$88,392
Building an international network of experts on the issues of administrative reform in post-Soviet countries
SSHRC · 2005 · Co-investigator
$24,967
Canadian institute for federalism studies
SSHRC · 2002 · Co-investigator
$30,000

All 4 grants and awards

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Courts and the legal order in Russia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Solomon, Peter H.

Keywords: judges and courts in Russia; criminal justice in Russia; rule of law in Russia

$88,392

Building an international network of experts on the issues of administrative reform in post-Soviet countries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Oleynik, Anton N.

Keywords: state bureaucracy; catch-up modernization; post-Soviet countries; Germany; Canada; administrative reform; opportunism; institutional constraints; power relationships

$24,967

Canadian institute for federalism studies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2002Federalism and Federations

Principal investigators: Simeon, Richard E.B.

$30,000

Judicial reform in Russia: toward a theory of legal transition

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Solomon, Peter

Keywords: Courts in Russia; rule of law; judicial reform; Russian law

$81,430

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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