Settling disputes in Soviet society: The formative years of legal institutions

by John N. Hazard

The Formative Years of Legal Institutions. 547pp NY 1978. * Covers the period 1917-25. Hor.582 . Very good.

534 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

John Newbold Hazard, J.S.D. (University of Chicago, 1939; LL.B., Harvard University, 1934; A.B., Yale University, 1930) was the Nash Professor Emeritus of Law at Columbia Law School, and a founder of the Russian Institute (later Harriman Institute) and Columbia University, as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, and was effectively the founder of the field of Soviet legal studies in the U.S.