Kokotov, A.N. Trust and distrust in Russian law.

Abstract: In this article Professor A.N. Kokotov explores a number of aspects of the issue of trust in the relations between the government bodies and the society, and, as a result, in the legislation of the Russian Federation. Author also analyzes trust and distrust as subjects for regulation, ground for the law-enforcement activity. In this article one can find analysis of trust as a constitutional and legal value and study of the case law of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on this issue. This article casts light on the issue of trust (distrust) as a constitutional and legal dimension of legal reality in Russia.