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Book Reviews 87 BOOK REVIEWS Soviet Law and Economy. Edited by Olimpiad S. Ioffe and Mark W. Janis, No.32 Law in Eastern Europe, (F.J.M. Feldbrugge, ed.), Dordrecht/Bos- ton/Lancaster: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1987. xii, 335pp. $74.00. ISBN 90-247-3265-4. The Soviet System of Justice: Figures and Policy. By Ger P. van den Berg, No.29 Law in Eastern Europe, (F.J.M. Feldbrugge, ed.), Dordrecht/ Boston/Lancaster: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1985. xiii, 374pp. $71.50. ISBN 90-247-3086-4. Impressions of Law in East Germany: Legal Education and Legal Systems in the German Democratic Republic. By Daniel John Meador, Charlot- tesville : University Press of Virginia, 1986. x, 320pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-8139-1110-9. Who can doubt after reading these three books that socialist jurists are primarily utilitarian? Dr. van den Berg in the Ioffe-Janis volume asks the determining question: is labor law primarily protective or productive? He con- cludes that productivity of labor is still a primary goal of law, although the protective aspects of the code are coming to the fore. Steps toward protection . still seem, however, to be halting, for some jurisconsults, when queried, reported that management even today rarely asks their advice before issuing an order. The emphasis on production reappears in the paper by Bysiewicz 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
© 1988 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0165-0300
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1875-2985
DOI
10.1163/187529888X00068
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87 BOOK REVIEWS Soviet Law and Economy. Edited by Olimpiad S. Ioffe and Mark W. Janis, No.32 Law in Eastern Europe, (F.J.M. Feldbrugge, ed.), Dordrecht/Bos- ton/Lancaster: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1987. xii, 335pp. $74.00. ISBN 90-247-3265-4. The Soviet System of Justice: Figures and Policy. By Ger P. van den Berg, No.29 Law in Eastern Europe, (F.J.M. Feldbrugge, ed.), Dordrecht/ Boston/Lancaster: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1985. xiii, 374pp. $71.50. ISBN 90-247-3086-4. Impressions of Law in East Germany: Legal Education and Legal Systems in the German Democratic Republic. By Daniel John Meador, Charlot- tesville : University Press of Virginia, 1986. x, 320pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-8139-1110-9. Who can doubt after reading these three books that socialist jurists are primarily utilitarian? Dr. van den Berg in the Ioffe-Janis volume asks the determining question: is labor law primarily protective or productive? He con- cludes that productivity of labor is still a primary goal of law, although the protective aspects of the code are coming to the fore. Steps toward protection . still seem, however, to be halting, for some jurisconsults, when queried, reported that management even today rarely asks their advice before issuing an order. The emphasis on production reappears in the paper by Bysiewicz

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

Published: Jan 1, 1988

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