Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union
Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union

Author: Cynthia M. Horne

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-02-22

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1108195822

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In the twenty-five years since the Soviet Union was dismantled, the countries of the former Soviet Union have faced different circumstances and responded differently to the need to redress and acknowledge the communist past and the suffering of their people. While some have adopted transitional justice and accountability measures, others have chosen to reject them; these choices have directly affected state building and societal reconciliation efforts. This is the most comprehensive account to date of post-Soviet efforts to address, distort, ignore, or recast the past through the use, manipulation, and obstruction of transitional justice measures and memory politics initiatives. Editors Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan have gathered contributions by top scholars in the field, allowing the disparate post-communist studies and transitional justice scholarly communities to come together and reflect on the past and its implications for the future of the region.

Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union
Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union

Author: Roman Szporluk

Publisher: Hoover Press

Published: 2020-02-24

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0817995439

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This book chronicles the final two decades in the history of the Soviet Union and presents a story that is often lost in the standard interpretations of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Although there were numerous reasons for the collapse of communism, it did not happen—as it may have seemed to some—overnight. Indeed, says Roman Szporluk, the root causes go back even earlier than 1917. To understand why the USSR broke up the way it did, it is necessary to understand the relationship between the two most important nations of the USSR—Russia and Ukraine—during the Soviet period and before, as well as the parallel but interrelated processes of nation formation in both states. Szporluk details a number of often-overlooked factors leading to the USSR's fall: how the processes of Russian identity formation were not completed by the time of the communist takeover in 1917, the unification of Ukraine in 1939–1945, and the Soviet period failing to find a resolution of the question of Russian-Ukrainian relations. The present-day conflict in the Caucasus, he asserts, is a sign that the problems of Russian identity remain.

Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights
Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights

Author: World Intellectual Property Organization

Publisher: WIPO

Published: 2022-12-22

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9280534653

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This third edition of Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights presents an in-depth revision with invaluable updates on the different systems, legislative options and best practices of CMOs worldwide. As with previous editions, the book is written to reach a wide audience, with a special focus on questions that might emerge for governments as they prepare, adopt and apply collective management norms and regulations. The edition also sheds light on new copyright and related rights developments, including digital, technological and business trends, from all over the world. Additionally, there is detailed discussion on topics such as aspects of competition, national treatment, and different models of collective management.

International Copyright Law and Policy
International Copyright Law and Policy

Author: Silke von Lewinski

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780199207206

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This work analyses the international treaties ensuring the protection of copyright. It explains the complex legal, economic and political backgrounds of the treaties and their contents, how they inter-relate, and puts them in the context of general policy developments in the field.

Soviet Legal Innovation and the Law of the Western World
Soviet Legal Innovation and the Law of the Western World

Author: John Quigley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-08-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781107406254

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This book explains an interaction between Soviet Russia and the West that has been overlooked in much of the analysis of the demise of the USSR. Legislation strikingly similar to the Marxist-inspired laws of Soviet Russia found its way into the legal systems of the Western world. Even though Western governments were at odds with the Soviet government, they were affected by the ideas it put forth. Western law was transformed radically during the course of the twentieth century, and much of that change was along lines first charted in Soviet law.