Structure of the Russian Legal System: A Network Analysis Approach

Student: Novoselov Mikhail

Faculty: International laboratory for Applied Network Research

Educational Programme: Applied Statistics with Network Analysis (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

In this paper we attempt to uncover the structure of the Russian legal system using the tools of network analysis. The questions discussed include: topological structure and connectivity of the reference network of Russian legislative acts, its stability, evolution and adaptability; the identification of the most significant acts; the possibility of identifying branches and institutions of law on the basis of patterns and regularities of the network structure.

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