1st Edition

The Soviet Economic System A Legal Analysis

326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

A comprehensive analysis of the Soviet economy from a legal perspective, this book discusses the Soviet theory of legal regulation of economic activity and the formal structure of economic legislation. The authors argue that two contradictory tendencies characterize the Soviet economic regulatory system: reform and retreat from reform. Legal reform efforts usually result from the attempt to... Read more
Introduction -- The Fundamental Structural Elements of the Soviet Economic System -- The Soviet Legal System in Connection with the Soviet Economic System -- Ownership and the Law of Ownership -- Production: Its Legal Organization -- Production: Research and Development -- Production: Labor Force and Labor Law -- Distribution and Its Legal Forms -- Exchange: Its Legal Regulation -- Legal Protection of the Soviet Economic System -- Conclusion -- Afterword

Biography

"Olimpiad S. Ioffe, professor of law at the University of Connecticut, taught for thirty-two years on the Faculty of Law at Leningrad State University. Peter B. Maggs is professor of law at the University of Illinois. He studied at the Leningrad State University as a graduate student and later taught at Moscow State University."