The Soviet System of Government

Politics & Social Sciences

Hazard, John N.

Politics & Government

The University of Chicago Press

Soviet System of Government

Univ of Chicago Pr

For more than twenty years, John N. Hazard's The Soviet System of Government has served as an indispensable guide to both the nature of the practical functions of Soviet government and the Soviet Union's probable direction as a world power. This revised fifth edition addresses these issues in light of the fundamental changes called for by the new Soviet Constitution of 1977, as well as other important changes that have occurred since the previous edition. In addition to reproducing the new constitution in its official translation, the fifth edition examines the new law of the Council of Ministries, the updated Communist party rules, and, for the first time, excerpts from the hard-to-find English translation of the Communist party program of 1961, now in force. It also provides a revised bibliography. This fifth edition of Hazard's work enhances its value as the best handbook ever published for the study of Soviet Russia.

The Soviet System of Government: Fifth Edition, Revised

University of Chicago Press

The Soviet legal system;: Contemporary documentation and historical commentary, (Parker School studies in foreign and comparative law)

Legal Theory & Systems

The Soviet Legal System: Fundamental Principles and Historical Commentary

Oceana Pubns

Recollections of a Pioneering Sovietologist

Biographies & Memoirs

Oceana Publications, Inc.

The Soviet Legal System: The Law in the 1980's (Parker School Studies in Foreign and Comparative Law)

Butler, William Elliott

Maggs, Peter B.

In this book, based on the Arthur Goodhart Lectures, 1982, John Hazard interprets the practice of Soviet law across the entire range of its functions -from the drafting of constitutions and the enforcement of economic policy to the suppression of religion and the control of family life - Professor Hazard picks out two main themes. He emphasises the role of law in the continued effort of policy-makers in the Soviet Communist Party to shape society according to the ideological dictates of Party policy and to mould a new 'Soviet man'. Secondly he explores the growing importance of legal draftsmen in the formation of political and ideological policy, as the established generation of 'generalist' administrators faces increasing challenges to its authority from a growing technocratic and scientific community. Throughout, the development of the law in the Soviet Union is compared and contrasted with Western experience in a manner easily comprehensible to the layman. Written in a relaxed and readable manner, this book will be of interest to a wide audience among both students of law and scholars interested in Soviet society.

Managing Change in the USSR: The Politico-legal Role of the Soviet Jurist (The Goodhart Lectures, 1982)

Cambridge University Press

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