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183 The Cuban Family Code: Some Observations on its Innovations and Continuities Max Azicri Professor of Political Science, Edinboro State College Edinboro, Pennsylvania Before and after its enactment, the 1975 Cuban Family Code has been subjected to careful examination by analysts who seemingly arrived at quite different, even contradictory conclusions. The Family Code has been characterized as being revolutionary, as well as conservative; as being innovative, as well as traditional; and as being under the influence of socialist (particularly Soviet) legal experience, as well as being a continuation of the latest modifications in . prerevolutionary Cuban civil law. There also seem to be built-in tensions within the Code itself, particularly from the perspective of being the main statute regulating contemporary family life and relations in a society that has undergone a thorough process of revolutionary change. While safeguarding the nuclear family as a central (fundamental) primary social institution, its structural ar- rangements are expected to function as a conduit, facilitating full and equal participatory opportunities to both spouses and to their offspring. Integration into the revolutionary process demands just that-a kind of life-style that could be rewarding while still being (extremely) demanding; once the tasks and obliga- tions
Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1980
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