ABSTRACT
Soviet legal scholars generally divide the Soviet legal system into branches each with its own subject and method of legal regulation. The Soviet economy is only one of the broad subject matter areas regulated by Soviet law. General economic administrative agencies may be divided into a number of groups, on the basis of their respective responsibilities: production and distribution of goods and services, fixing of prices and wages, research in science and technology, audit and supervision. If enterprises were set free to make their own decisions, the artificial pricing system would lead to decisions very harmful to the economy. Some Soviet theorists argue that relations between Soviet organizations are regulated not by civil law, but by a separate branch of law, Economic Law. A number of types of economic cases come within the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts. The structure of criminal procedure law gives a great advantage to the state in cases involving economic crimes.
