ABSTRACT

The Latvian-born legal theorist P.I. Stuchka (1865-1932), generally recognized as one of the principal architects of modern Soviet legal theory and the Soviet legal system itself, was a prodigious author and editor. Twenty essays by Stuchka written between 1917 and 1931 were selected for translation

part I|2 pages

From “Bourgeois Law” to “Revolutionary Legality”

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|2 pages

A Class Court or a Democratic Court?

chapter 2|13 pages

Proletarian Law

chapter 3|16 pages

The Marxist Concept of Law

(Observations for Jurists and Others)

chapter 4|19 pages

Notes on the Class Theory of Law

part II|2 pages

Marxist Theory of Law

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 5|16 pages

A Materialist or Idealist Concept of Law?

chapter 7|9 pages

Lenin and the Revolutionary Decree

chapter 8|5 pages

Bourgeois Law

chapter 9|7 pages

Jurisprudence

chapter 10|31 pages

The State

chapter 11|4 pages

Revolutionary Legality

chapter 12|12 pages

Law

chapter 13|5 pages

Legal Relationship

chapter 14|2 pages

Legal Consciousness

chapter 15|5 pages

Soviet Law

part III|2 pages

Socialist Construction and Soviet Legality

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 17|6 pages

Culture and Law

chapter 18|8 pages

Revolutionary Legal Perspectives

chapter 19|10 pages

The Revolution and Revolutionary Legality

chapter 20|33 pages

My Journey and My Mistakes 1