Abstract (may include machine translation)
Socialist law as a legal order was a major legal family with common characteristics. The concept of socialist law expresses the ideological legacy of Marxism-Leninism. It was understood by its proponents as the expression of the will of the working class, and an instrument of class struggle, as well as a means for building a communist society. The article examines the extent to which socialist law fits into any concept of law, in light of the facts that its roots were totalitarian and that it had a purely instrumental legitimacy. The authors also introduce the development, structure, and substantive and procedural institutions of socialist law, along with the socialist administration of justice and perception of international law.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
Pages | 844-848 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080970875 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780080970868 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 26 Mar 2015 |
Keywords
- Bourgeois law
- Brezhnev doctrine
- Communism
- Expropriation
- Internationalist solidarity
- Nomenklatura
- Objective justice
- Peaceful coexistence
- People's assessor
- Personal ownership
- Planned economy
- Prokuratura
- Superstructure
- Totalitarian regime