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Law and Marxism
Evgeny Pashukanis
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Description for Law and Marxism
Paperback. A classic Marxist study of jurisprudence theory from Marxist heavyweight. Translator(s): Einhorn, B. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
This is a classic Marxist study first published in 1924 - one of the principal Soviet contributions to jurisprudence theory. It is an authoritative non-revisionist text offering both a commentary and a critique of prevailing Marxist and non-Marxist legal theory. Pashukanis states that juridical and state forms are linked to a specific type of class society - capitalist society. However, law comes not from the rule of the capitalist class but from the relations of production that created that class. Rights and laws are exchanged like commodities.
The author applies Marx's writings on contract and property law, ... Read more
This is a classic Marxist study first published in 1924 - one of the principal Soviet contributions to jurisprudence theory. It is an authoritative non-revisionist text offering both a commentary and a critique of prevailing Marxist and non-Marxist legal theory. Pashukanis states that juridical and state forms are linked to a specific type of class society - capitalist society. However, law comes not from the rule of the capitalist class but from the relations of production that created that class. Rights and laws are exchanged like commodities.
The author applies Marx's writings on contract and property law, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780861047406
SKU
V9780861047406
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About Evgeny Pashukanis
Evgeny Pashukanis was born in 1891 of a Lithuanian family. He became a Bolshevik in 1912 and later was a Vice-Commissar of Justice and the editor of several legal journals. He was killed in the Stalin purges in 1937. Law and Marxism is his major work. This edition is translated by Barbara Einhorn.
Reviews for Law and Marxism
'If any one book is going to accelerate the development of a Marxist criminology, then this is it'
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