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Soviet Law and Soviet Society

Ethical Foundations of the Soviet Structure. Mechanism of the Planned Economy. Duties and Rights of Peasants and Workers. Rulers and Toilers. The Family and the State. Soviet Justice. National Minorities and Their Autonomy. The People’s Democracies and the Soviet Pattern for a United World

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  1. George C. Guins
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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction A Legal Approach to the Study of Communism

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 1-7

  3. Soviet Philosophy of Law

    1. Soviet Law and the Legacy of the Past

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 8-24

    2. Soviet Ethics

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 24-36

    3. Soviet Concept of Law and State

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 36-46

    4. Law Does Not Wither Away in the Soviet Union

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 47-61

    5. Four Stages in the Development of Soviet Law

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 61-69

    6. Sources of Soviet Law

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 69-79

  4. Soviet Economic Law

    1. Legal Foundations of the Centralized Economy

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 80-85

    2. The Sphere of Economic Freedom

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 86-100

  5. Civil Law

    1. Property Rights

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 101-111

    2. Contracts

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 111-120

    3. Inheritance Law

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 121-129

  6. Land Law and Labor Law

    1. Kolkhozes

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 130-149

    2. Soviet Labor Law

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 150-173

    3. Penalties and Rewards as Incentives for Work

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 173-181

  7. State Law

    1. Foundations of Political Power in the U.S.S.R.

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 182-212

    2. Soviet Centralism and National Problems

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 213-225

    3. Elections

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 225-232

    4. The Individual and the State

      • George C. Guins
      Pages 232-245
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Soviet power rests on two main supports: the comp1ete economic dependence of the citizens upon the state and the unlimited politi­ cal control of the government over the economic, social and even cultural life. History knows various kinds of despotisms, dicta­ torships and regimentations of economic activity, but the U .S.S.R. represents a unique kind of dictatorship based on the one­ party system and integral planning with the specific goal of realization of communism. Mankind had never before known such a system. Even the best of possible comparisons, the ana­ logy with the period of Ptolemies in Egypt, is good only in so far as it concerns the regimentation of all kind of economic activity. There was in the past no ideology pretending to be adjusted to the needs of the toiling masses, no planning system on the same scale and no Communist party apparatus. As concerns the modern world the comparative method is necessary for giving the most graphical characterization of the differences between the Western democracies, with their ethical traditions, rule of law and the principle of the inviolability of individual rights, and, on the other hand, the Soviet monolithic state, with its unscrupulous policy, extremities of regimentations and drastic penalties.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Soviet Law and Soviet Society

  • Book Subtitle: Ethical Foundations of the Soviet Structure. Mechanism of the Planned Economy. Duties and Rights of Peasants and Workers. Rulers and Toilers. The Family and the State. Soviet Justice. National Minorities and Their Autonomy. The People’s Democracies and the Soviet Pattern for a United World

  • Authors: George C. Guins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0869-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1954

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-0324-2Published: 01 January 1954

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-0869-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 457

  • Topics: Constitutional Law, Sociology, general

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