Institutional Traps of Russian Forest Enterprises: A Lawyer's View
Abstract
Nowadays, it is generally recognized that it is necessary to change the institutional framework to achieve sustainability of the Russian forest sector. However, before being able to change things for the future one should know what the current situation is like. The aim of this paper is to study the institutions connected with the Russian forest sector from the point of view of a legal department of an individual forest industrial enterprise. The paper discusses the role of the lawyer in a forest enterprise, the main legal problems that Russian forest enterprises face in their business operations, and possible solutions to these problems based on foreign experiences.