Introduction
Chapter One: Unchallenged conclusions from Evgeny Pashukanis: A Critical Reappraisal
Chapter Two: Behind the renewed interest in Marxism and law (and Pashukanis)
Chapter Three: The Marxist view of revolution and law
Chapter Four: The turmoil, contradictions, and difficulties confronting the 1917 Revolution
Chapter Five: Early ‘legal’ achievements of the 1917 Revolution and their later Stalinist reversal
Chapter Six: Lenin’s struggle against bureaucratism and its continuation by the Left Opposition
Chapter Seven: The twists and turns of Pashukanis (and others) and the Stalinist regime
Chapter Eight: How Pashukanis became ‘the principal spokesman’ for the Stalinist conception of the state
Chapter Nine: Why was Pashukanis executed amid the Moscow Trials?
Conclusions
Biography
Michael Head is Professor of Law at Western Sydney University, Australia. He is a well-known writer on Marxist legal theory, democratic rights, emergency powers and war powers.
