Settling Disputes in Soviet Society : The Formative Years of Legal Institutions

Tests by using Soviet data the thesis that man can settle his civil disputes with simplicity, without organized tribunals, legal representation, laws, rules of procedure, and evidence. Preface Contents 1. Making a Beginning 2. Striving for Simplicity 3. Steps Toward Centralization 4. Seeking the Best of Both Worlds 5. Reconstruction 6. Crystallization of the Court Structure 7. The Watchman 8. Professionalizing the Bar 9. Procedure to the Fore 10. A Second Step in Procedural Reform 11 . Civil Procedure Caps the Climax 12. Refining Procedure in Practice 13. From Simplicity to Complexity and Formality Bibliography Table of Statutes and Orders Table of Cases Index