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Soviet Codifiers Release the First Drafts

Soviet Codifiers Release the First Drafts Comments Soviet codifiers have worked in secrecy for over twenty years. In late June, 1958, they released for the world to read drafts of the general principles for a criminal code and a code of criminal procedure. These drafts have unusual significance. They not only suggest to what extent the Soviet policy makers are willing to introduce reforms in the post-Stalin era. They also disclose a part of the new relationship, created by amendment to the constitution in 1957, between the federal government and the governments of the fifteen Union Republics of the U.S.S.R. Great numbers of articles have appeared over the past twenty years, except for the gap of the war, to give an idea of the type of thinking that was going into the new codes. Crucial matters such as whether there might be an attorney for the defense during the period of the preliminary investigation, or whether Soviet judges were to be permitted to continue to penalize citizens for acts not defined as crime but believed to be analogous to prohibited acts were debated in the Soviet law reviews. There appeared references to drafts of the codes which the insiders seem to have studied, but none http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

Soviet Codifiers Release the First Drafts

Hazard, John N.
American Journal of Comparative Law , Volume 8 (1) – Jan 1, 1959
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Oxford University Press
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© 1959 by The American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc.
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0002-919X
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2326-9197
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10.2307/837165
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Comments Soviet codifiers have worked in secrecy for over twenty years. In late June, 1958, they released for the world to read drafts of the general principles for a criminal code and a code of criminal procedure. These drafts have unusual significance. They not only suggest to what extent the Soviet policy makers are willing to introduce reforms in the post-Stalin era. They also disclose a part of the new relationship, created by amendment to the constitution in 1957, between the federal government and the governments of the fifteen Union Republics of the U.S.S.R. Great numbers of articles have appeared over the past twenty years, except for the gap of the war, to give an idea of the type of thinking that was going into the new codes. Crucial matters such as whether there might be an attorney for the defense during the period of the preliminary investigation, or whether Soviet judges were to be permitted to continue to penalize citizens for acts not defined as crime but believed to be analogous to prohibited acts were debated in the Soviet law reviews. There appeared references to drafts of the codes which the insiders seem to have studied, but none

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Published: Jan 1, 1959

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