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

by Yuri Feofanov, Donald D. Barry

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317462491
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/23/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
File size:	700 KB

About the Author

Yuri Feofanov, Donald D. Barry

Table of Contents

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?