Soviet Administration of Criminal Law / Judah Zelitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zelitch, Judah, author.

Series:

Law School Series

LAW SCHOOL SERIES

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts--Soviet Union.

Courts.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Soviet Union.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Criminal procedure--Soviet Union.

Criminal procedure.

Trial practice--Soviet Union.

Trial practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 6 illus.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1931]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Since the Soviet judicial system is patterned largely after the political system, the study is introduced with an explanation of the governmental plan of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and its constituent parts. The author, who is thoroughly conversant with Russian language, life, and politics, has discussed the political and social philosophy of the Soviet as it affects the administration of criminal justice. The material has been collected not only from published records but from firsthand observation in Russia. It has been brought up to date by a summary of a Project for a New Soviet Code of Criminal Procedure (August, 1931). Based on proletarian political philosophy, the Soviet Codes differ very widely from Russian Imperial Law and from European practice in general, the most striking instance being, the abolishment of trial by jury. By considering the social, economic, and human background of Soviet Law, the author has brought out these contrasts in a lucid fashion, and although the book is primarily a legal treatise, it provides a wealth of new information for general readers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

SHORT TITLES USED IN FOOTNOTES

INTRODUCTION

Chapter I. THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF COURTS AND TRIBUNALS DURING THE FIRST PERIOD

Chapter II. CRIMINAL COURTS DURING THE SECOND PERIOD

Chapter III. CRIMINAL COURTS OF THE UNION OF SOCIALIST SOVIET REPUBLICS (U.S.S.R.)

Chapter IV. PROCURACY, PRELIMINARY INQUIRY, INVESTIGATION AND THE BAR

Chapter V. CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

Chapter VI. PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO THE TRIAL

Chapter VII. THE TRIAL

Chapter VIII. SOME OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOVIET TRIAL

Chapter IX. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CRIMINAL CASES

Chapter X. EXECUTION OF CRIMINAL SENTENCES

Chapter XI. PERSONNEL OF THE SOVIET JUDICIARY AND ITS ACTIVITIES

Chapter XII. IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS

APPENDIX

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Jan 2018)

ISBN:

1-5128-1948-4

OCLC:

654280634