{"product_id":"soviet-criminal-justice-under-stalin-hardback-9780521400893","title":"Soviet Criminal Justice under Stalin (Hardback) 9780521400893","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSoviet Criminal Justice under Stalin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoviet Criminal Justice Under Stalin is a comprehensive 1997 account of Stalin's struggle to make criminal law a reliable instrument of rule.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter H. Solomon, Jr (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521400893, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 October 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.93 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...monumental...  Solomon exploits an impressive array of sources, including the recently declassified holdings of several archives, central and local newspapers and journals, and approximately sixty interviews with former Soviet legal officials.  This study will become required reading for specialists interested in the history of Soviet law, institutions, education, labour, and society,as well as for students of comparative legal system.\"     Heather Coleman, Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSoviet Criminal Justice under Stalin, first published in 1997, is a comprehensive account of Stalin's struggle to make criminal law in the USSR a reliable instrument of rule. Using recently declassified archives, Peter Solomon tells the revealing story of non-political justice, on the local scene as well as in the center. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Solomon emphasizes the initial weakness of the Soviet state and the limits of Stalin's capacity to rule. Solomon's study also offers new perspectives on collectivization, the Great Terror, the politics of abortion and the disciplining of the labour force. This book should appeal to anyone interested in the political, social, or legal history of the USSR, judicial reform in post-Soviet states, law in authoritarian regimes, or comparative legal development.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The First Phase: 1. The design of an experiment\u003cbr\u003e 2. Criminal justice under NEP\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Years of Collectivization: 3. Campaign justice\u003cbr\u003e 4. The decline of legality\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Conservative Shift: 5. The return to tradition: Vyshinsky and legal order\u003cbr\u003e 6. Stalin's criminal policy: from tradition to excess\u003cbr\u003e 7. Criminal justice and the great terror\u003cbr\u003e 8. The reconstruction of criminal justice\u003cbr\u003e 9. Preparing for war: the criminalization of labour infractions\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Stalinist Synthesis: 10. Moulding legal officials for careers\u003cbr\u003e 11. The dynamics of Stalinist justice: bureaucratic and political pressures on legal officials\u003cbr\u003e 12. The distortion and limits of criminal policy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Criminal law \u0026amp; procedure [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Criminal law \u0026amp; procedure\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Criminal%20law%20\u0026amp;%20procedure%20%5BLNF%5D%22\"\u003eLNF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007233380632,"sku":"9780521400893","price":121.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521400893i_17add7d6-2f31-4f07-a314-0fd444c9ac1e.jpg?v=1691381133","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/soviet-criminal-justice-under-stalin-hardback-9780521400893","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}