Soviet Legal Innovation and the Law of the Western World

by John Quigley

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.

Genres: Soviet Union

276 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Alexandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the rare books that actually attempts to understand how Marxist theory was interpreted by Soviet jurists practically instead of saying that it was all just ideological window dressing