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Editors' note: this is the first of two articles in which Dr. Valerii Savitskii looks at recent developments in the Soviet system of law and justice. In this article, Dr. Savitskii examines the gradual introduction of the rule of law following some seventy years of arbitrary government. Dr. Savitskii focuses on the role the Communist party has hitherto played with regard to the legal system; the changing nature of the legislative process; and the position of the judiciary. In the second article, he will address recent developments in criminal law and criminal justice in the Soviet Union.
This article was translated from Russian by Professor George Ginsburgs, Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Candidate of Legal Sciences, 1957; Doctor of Legal Sciences, 1972; Professor of Law, 1979.
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Savitskii, V. Democratization in the USSR: Toward the freedom of the individual through law and courts. Crim Law Forum 2, 85–110 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01096229
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01096229