Soviet Criminal Justice Under Stalin
Soviet Criminal Justice Under Stalin

Author: Peter H. Solomon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-10-28

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 9780521564519

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The first comprehensive account of Stalin's struggle to make criminal law in the USSR a reliable instrument of rule offers new perspectives on collectivization, the Great Terror, the politics of abortion, and the disciplining of the labor force.

Law and the Russian State
Law and the Russian State

Author: William E. Pomeranz

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-12-27

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1474224245

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Russia is often portrayed as a regressive, even lawless country, and yet the Russian state has played a major role in shaping and experimenting with law as an instrument of power. In Law and the Russian State, William E. Pomeranz examines Russia's legal evolution from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin, addressing the continuities and disruptions of Russian law during the imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet. The book covers key themes, including: * Law and empire * Law and modernization * The politicization of law * The role of intellectuals and dissidents in mobilizing the law * The evolution of Russian legal institutions * The struggle for human rights * The rule-of-law * The quest to establish the law-based state It also analyzes legal culture and how Russians understand and use the law. With a detailed bibliography, this is an important text for anyone seeking a sophisticated understanding of how Russian society and the Russian state have developed in the last 350 years.

The Foundations of Russian Law
The Foundations of Russian Law

Author: Marianna Muravyeva

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-04-06

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1782256490

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This accessible text explains how Russian law works in all its principal areas. It elucidates the main concepts and frameworks behind Russian law, and uses original legal sources and case law to explain how it operates in practice. The contributors, all of whom are leading experts on Russian law, employ original research to further knowledge of the Russian legal profession, legal culture, judiciary and court systems, providing a scholarly and practical account of Russian law for students and scholars alike. It is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the subject.

Russian Citizenship
Russian Citizenship

Author: Eric Lohr

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2012-10-31

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0674067800

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In the first book to trace the Russian state’s citizenship policy throughout its history, Lohr argues that to understand the citizenship dilemmas Russia faces today, we must return to the less xenophobic and isolationist pre-Stalin period—before the drive toward autarky after 1914 eventually sealed the state off from Europe.