Russian law: the end of the Soviet system and the role of law

Ferdinand J. M. Feldbrugge

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993 - Law - 486 pages

This is the first treatise on Russia's new legal system, as it emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The first part of the book analyses in detail the political and economic origins of perestroika, indispensable for understanding the basic parameters of the evolution of Russian law. In the following chapters all major legal subjects are discussed against the background of their Soviet past and as the result of the radical changes in the political, social and economic make-up of the country. The appendices include the texts of the U.S.S.R. and Russian Constitutions, the Agreement of Minsk, The Russian Federation Treaty, bibliographical sources, and extensive indices of Soviet and Russian legislation.The book has been written for legal practitioners, comparative lawyers, and students of Russian law, but will also be of interest to a wider audience of political scientists, journalists, etc.

Contents

• Totalitarianism: 3
• The Economic Structure: 10
• From Dream to MealTicket: 17
• Law in a Totalitarian System: 26
• The Multinational Soviet State: 36
• The Failure of Soviet Totalitarianism: 42
• Perestroika as a Learning Process: 50
• The Role of Law in Perestroika: 65
• Soviet Law and the Soviet State From 1917 to Brezhnev: 86
• From the USSR to the Commonwealth: 103
• The Central State Agencies of the Soviet Union: 143
• The Organization of the Russian State: 167
• Legislation of the USSR and Russia: 191
• Administration of Justice: 201
• From Plan to Market: 229
• The Social System: 297
• Constitution Fundamental Law of the USSR: 321
• Agreement on the Creation of a Commonwealth of Independent: 379
• Federative Treaty: 445
• USSR Legislation From the Perestroika Era: 451
• Russian Legislation After 27 October 1989: 457
• Bibliographical Note: 473

Bibliographic information

• Title: Russian law: the end of the Soviet system and the role of law; Volume 45 of Law in Eastern Europe; Volume 45 of Physics and Chemistry of Materials with Low-Dimensional Structures
• Author: Ferdinand J. M. Feldbrugge
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993
• ISBN: 0792323580, 9780792323587
• Length: 486 pages
• Subjects: Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Law / Commercial / International Trade; Law / International