Alexei Trochev (Wisconsin law)

E-mail: trochev@wisc.edu
Telephone: 263-2279Office: 1050 Bascom Mall
Education: PhD in Political Science, University of Toronto; MA in Public Administration, University of Kansas; BA in Russian Law, Syktyvkar State University.
Teaching Areas: Comparative Law, International LawLaw & Society
Research Interests: Trochev's current project explores how political competition simultaneously helps and hurts judicial independence in post-communist countries. Drawing on the experiences of judicial reforms in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan, it examines how and why politicians and business people choose to use and/or abuse judicial systems, and how judges respond to these pressures in the context of heightened political fragmentation.
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Biography
Alexei Trochev held post-doctoral fellowships at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law. He has taught at Queen's University and the Pomor State University Law School in Arkhangelsk, Russia. In the fall of 2010, he is teaching two courses: International Law and Law, Politics, & Society.