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PETER H. SOLOMON. Jr. (Toronto. Canada) LEGAL JOURNALS AND SOVIET SOCIAL HISTORY The legal journals of almost any country make good sources for the study of social history. By illuminating the substance of the law and the way it is applied, they are bound to provide insights into the nature of social institutions, the relationships among social groups and classes, and the dynamics of change in social structure. The law journals of Stalinist Russia before World War II are no exception to this rule. On the contrary, these . journals offer a particularly rich vein of information and analysis relevant to the concerns of the social histo- rian. One reason is that the development of Soviet law and legal institutions in the years from 1928 to 1941 was in- timately connected with the transformation of Russian society. Soon after the First Five-Year Plan was launched, the law was subordinated to the goals of col- lectivization and industrialization, and the men of the law were mobilized to serve as soldiers on these and oth- er fronts of the great struggle. Local procurators and _ judges joined in raids of the villages, seeking out hoard- , ers of grain and
Russian History – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1985
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