Bill Bowring

Professor of Law in the School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London. He is a practising barrister at Field Court Chambers, Gray's Inn. Professor Bowring has extensive professional practice repre

Putin's dissertation and the revenge of RuNet

While increasing regulation and manipulation are restricting Russia’s online space, activists are still finding innovative ways to use it to uncover corruption, such as a site uncovering plagiarism among Russian politicians.

By Bill Bowring

/ 23 May 2014

Legal Nihilism in Russia

It is notorious that "telephone justice" was the norm in the Soviet Union. Judges, except at the highest levels, had low prestige. While most public prosecutors were men,

By Bill Bowring

/ 7 Jul 2009