Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
|
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic
gptkb:Belarusian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic gptkb:Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic other Soviet republics |
| gptkbp:basedOn |
gptkb:Marxist-Leninist_ideology
|
| gptkbp:characteristic |
absence of separation of powers
emphasis on collective over individual rights limited judicial independence subordination of law to the Communist Party |
| gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:Soviet_Union
|
| gptkbp:existedDuring |
1917
|
| gptkbp:existedUntil |
1991
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Soviet law
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
civil law tradition
|
| gptkbp:mainLegalCode |
gptkb:Constitution_of_the_Soviet_Union
judicial interpretations decisions of the Council of Ministers decrees of the Communist Party legislation of the Supreme Soviet |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
state ownership of property
prosecution of political crimes abolition of death penalty at times, later reinstated prosecutor's office (Prokuratura) as key institution protection of state interests over individual rights abolition of inheritance in early years absence of adversarial legal process absence of independent bar associations absence of judicial review censorship laws codification of civil, criminal, and family law criminalization of anti-Soviet activity influence on legal systems of Eastern Bloc countries emphasis on re-education of offenders extensive use of administrative law family law based on socialist principles later restoration of inheritance rights legal education controlled by the state legal reforms during perestroika limited private property rights limited role of defense attorneys planned economy regulation regulation of labor relations regulation of media and publishing regulation of nationality and citizenship regulation of religious activity state security organs involved in law enforcement use of corrective labor camps use of show trials |
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
post-Soviet legal systems
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Estonian
gptkb:Latvian gptkb:George_S._T._Ginsburg gptkb:Vietnamese_law |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
|