Barry: Soviet Law 1 - Citizen and State

by Donald D. Barry

"The death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 opened a new era in the history of Soviet law. Within a brief period during which the succession finally was settled on Nakita Khrushchev, Stalin's system of government and his approach were denounced by Khrushchev before a Congress of the Communist Party, and legal specialists took up their pens to implement the new policy. Since that time the legal scholars of the West have followed events to determine whether significant developments necessitate a re-evaluation of the nature and course of Soviet law."

318 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1981

About the author

Donald D. Barry was University Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University where he served as department chair and director of the Center for International Studies. In 1966 he received the Lehigh Early Career Award for Distinguished Teaching, and later he was awarded the Lindback Foundation Award for outstanding teaching and the Eleanor and Joseph Libsch Research Award.