Justice in the U.S.S.R.: An Interpretation of Soviet Law

Justice in the U.S.S.R.: An Interpretation of Soviet Law
ISBN-10
0674491513
ISBN-13
9780674491519
Category
Law / International
Pages
450
Language
English
Published
1963
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Harold Joseph Berman

Description

Mr. Berman gives a many-sided interpretation of the Soviet legal system in theory and in practice. He presents a threefold explanation of the development of Soviet law, rooted first in the requirements of a socialist planned economy, second in the heritage of the Russian past, and third in the Soviet 'parental' concept of a man as a youth to be educated and disciplined. He compares and contrasts socialist law with capitalist law, the Russian heritage with the Western legal tradition of the past 900 years, the Soviet concept of man with that which is implicit in our own legal system.

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