Politics and Justice in Russia: Major Trials of the Post-Stalin Era: Major Trials of the Post-Stalin Era

ISBN-13: 9781563243455 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 360 str.

Yuri Feofanov; Donald D. Barry; Iurii Vasil'evich Feofanov

Opis

Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia. Coverage of major court cases ranges from the 1961 trial of the currency speculators to the Communist Party trial of 1992.

Spis treści

Introduction: Arbitrary Justice and the Legal Process, Introduction: The Press and Political Power from Stalin to Yeltsin, I. The Khrushchev Period II. The Brezhnev Period III. Transition Years: Economic Crimes IV. The Gorbachev Period-Economic Crimes Continued, V. The Impact of Glasnost-The Gorbachev Period VI. Political Rehabilitation and Political Justice VII. The End of the USSR and the Rise of Russia, VIII. Conclusion: Arbitrary Justice Waning?

O autorze

Yuri Feofanov, Donald D. Barry