Publication/CfP - 100th Anniversary of the Russian 1917 Revolution 2017, The Russian Law Journal

Theme

The Socialist revolution of October 1917 in Russia led to the organization of an original social, economic and political state system and founded a new legal tradition di erent from all that existed before. This tradition had a strong foundation in Marxism and developed after 1917 in legal theory and practice both in Russia and in many countries of the“Socialist bloc”during the 20th century. The national cultures and traditions of these countries in uenced Soviet law, creating a number of national traditions of Soviet law with varying legal norms and institutions within the basic principles of this system. The penetration of Soviet law into the national legal systems of socialist states was so deep that clear traces of it can be found in these states (both in the law and in the legal doctrine) up to today. At the same time, the change the former socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe and former USSR republics made to Western-style democracy marginalized the analysis of Soviet law in the general theory of these countries after 1990.

Please submit your article concerning any dimension of Soviet law, its speci city compared to other legal traditions, its past or its present impact, its theoretical background or actual practice.