1st Edition

Law and the Making of the Soviet World The Red Demiurge

By Scott Newton Copyright 2015
310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

This book is an unconventional reappraisal of Soviet law: a field that is ripe for re-evaluation, now that it is clear of Cold War cobwebs; and, as this book shows, one that is surprisingly topical and newly compelling. Scott Newton argues here that the Soviet order was a work of law. Drawing on a wide range of sources – including Russian-language Soviet statues and regulations, jurisprudence,... Read more

Introduction;  1. Law and the Soviet Emergency State I;  2. Law and the Soviet Emergency State II;  3. Law and the Soviet Civil State I: Death and Resurrection;  4. Law and the Soviet Civil State II: Pashukanis to Vyshinksy;  5. Law and the Soviet Developmental State I: Sovereign Monopoly Capitalism;  6. Law and the Developmental State II: Industrialist, Employer, Landlord;  7. Law and the Soviet Social State;  8. Law and the Soviet (Multi) Cultural State;  Epilogue: Perestroika and Collapse of the Law-State Complexes;  Bibliography;  Table of Authorities;  Index

Biography

Scott Newton is based at the School of Law, SOAS, University of London