The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

All the articles of the Code had become encrusted with interpretations, directions, instructions. And if the actions of the accused are not covered by the Code, he can still be convicted: By analogy (What opportunities!) Simply because of origins (7-35: belonging to a socially dangerous milieu)5 For contacts with dangerous persons6 (Here’s scope for you! Who is “dangerous” and what “contacts” consist of only the judge can say.)