Comrade Lawyer: Inside Soviet Justice In An Era Of Reform

by Robert Rand

Robert Rand gives an inside view of the Soviet justice system from the perspective of the practising lawyer. The focus is Moscow, where the author, a journalist, lawyer and Soviet affairs analyst, sat side by side with members of the local bar organization during legal office consultations.

166 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

A devoted husband to Angel, who he describes as the love of his life, best friend, and soul-mate, Robert Rand is also a proud and loving father, step-father and grandfather. His fast-paced, gritty novels are action-packed crime/thrillers that are described by readers as very visual books that leave the reader feeling as if they are a witness to the action rather than a mere reader of it. Having spent a little over 25 years of his adult life in prison provides him with a unique perspective on criminal behavior that translates brilliantly into some of the most realistic characters ever presented to readers! He wrote his first novel, "Criminal Option" while in Los Angeles County Jail. At the time he was representing himself in a case that would have sent him to prison for the rest of his life if convicted. Learning the law as it applied to the criminal case against him was frying his brain. Another inmate suggested he spend some time each day writing a story in order to take his mind away from the law. By the time the jury came back with an acquittal, the first draft of his first novel had been completed and was spread across a dozen legal tablets. He is now working on his sixth novel while eating spaghetti and trying to keep his two dogs from begging for a bite.