ABSTRACT
Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia. Coverage of major court cases ranges from the 1961 trial of the currency speculators to the Communist Party trial of 1992.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|5 pages
The Khrushchev Period
part II|5 pages
The Brezhnev Period
part III|4 pages
Transition Years: Economic Crimes
part IV|7 pages
The Gorbachev Period—Economic Crimes Continued
part V|6 pages
The Impact of Glasnost—the Gorbachev Period
part VI|6 pages
Political Rehabilitation and Political Justice
part VII|5 pages
The End of the USSR and the Rise of Russia
part VIII|8 pages
Conclusion: Arbitrary Justice Waning?
