Selected Writings on Soviet Law and MarxismThe Latvian-born legal theorist P.I. Stuchka (1865-1932), generally recognized as one of the principal architects of modern Soviet legal theory and the Soviet legal system itself, was a prodigious author and editor. Twenty essays by Stuchka written between 1917 and 1931 were selected for translation in this volume. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
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Observations for Jurists and Others | 14 |
4 Notes on the Class Theory of Law | 30 |
Marxist Theory of Law | 49 |
Introduction | 51 |
5 A Materialist or Idealist Concept of Law? | 57 |
6 In Defense of the Revolutionary Marxist Concept of Class Law | 73 |
13 Legal Relationship | 147 |
14 Legal Consciousness | 152 |
15 Soviet Law | 154 |
Socialist Construction and Soviet Legality | 159 |
Introduction | 161 |
16 State and Law in the Period of Socialist Construction | 165 |
17 Culture and Law | 187 |
18 Revolutionary Legal Perspectives | 193 |
7 Lenin and the Revolutionary Decree | 81 |
8 Bourgeois Law | 89 |
9 Jurisprudence | 93 |
10 The State | 100 |
11 Revolutionary Legality | 131 |
12 Law | 135 |
19 The Revolution and Revolutionary Legality | 201 |
20 My Journey and My Mistakes | 211 |
Bibliography of Works Cited by Stuchka | 245 |
Name Index | 249 |
Subject Index | 252 |
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Page xii - The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.
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