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Editor's Foreword

Editor's Foreword 5 EDITOR'S FOREWORD The novel position of the Soviet Union after the Second World War, as the centre of an alliance of states, promp- ted a renewed interest in the legal systems of Eastern Europe; remoulded after the Soviet model. Soviet law thereby became one of the leading legal systems in the world. Thirty years later the situation again has changed con- siderably. The Soviet legal model has spread far beyond the borders of Eastern Europe, but at the same time diversification has set in and the specifically Soviet fla- vour of many legal institutions has been lost or attenuated. What has usually remained is three elements of political life which have a decisive impact on the structure of the legal systems of the countries concerned: the paramount position of a single leading party, large- scale Marxist-inspired nationalization or socialization of the means of production, and rigid economic planning. We have chosen, faute de mieux, the expression "socialist law" to designate legal systems characterized by these three elements. A geographical designation would be awkward and, presumably, subject to not infrequent change. The purpose of this review is the scholarly study of socia- list law and the dissemination of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) Brill

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Brill
Copyright
© 1975 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0165-0300
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1875-2985
DOI
10.1163/187529875X00017
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5 EDITOR'S FOREWORD The novel position of the Soviet Union after the Second World War, as the centre of an alliance of states, promp- ted a renewed interest in the legal systems of Eastern Europe; remoulded after the Soviet model. Soviet law thereby became one of the leading legal systems in the world. Thirty years later the situation again has changed con- siderably. The Soviet legal model has spread far beyond the borders of Eastern Europe, but at the same time diversification has set in and the specifically Soviet fla- vour of many legal institutions has been lost or attenuated. What has usually remained is three elements of political life which have a decisive impact on the structure of the legal systems of the countries concerned: the paramount position of a single leading party, large- scale Marxist-inspired nationalization or socialization of the means of production, and rigid economic planning. We have chosen, faute de mieux, the expression "socialist law" to designate legal systems characterized by these three elements. A geographical designation would be awkward and, presumably, subject to not infrequent change. The purpose of this review is the scholarly study of socia- list law and the dissemination of

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Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1975

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