| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- The State versus The People -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations and Glossary -- Notes on the Text -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Law and Revolution -- The Bolsheviks and the Law -- Revolutionary Justice versus Revolutionary Violence -- The State versus the People -- 1 Creating Revolutionary Justice -- The Decree on Courts -- The First Trials in Petrograd -- Press Tribunals -- The Formation of Provincial Tribunals -- Defending Revolutionary Justice -- The Supreme Tribunal -- Streamlining Provincial Tribunals -- Attacking Revolutionary Terror |
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2 Extending State Authority -- Military Tribunals -- Transport Tribunals -- Travelling Sessions -- Unifying the Tribunal System -- Inspecting Tribunals -- From Revolutionary Consciousness to Revolutionary Legality -- The Persistence of Exceptional Justice -- 3 Categorizing Counter-Revolution -- The Emergence of Counter-Revolution -- The Expansion of Counter-Revolution -- Quantifying Counter-Revolution -- Quantifying Counter-Revolutionaries -- Mass Crimes and Shock Campaigns -- The Search for Stable Categories -- 4 The Trial -- The Pre-Trial Process -- The Revolutionary Judge |
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The Revolutionary Lawyer -- In Court -- Punishment and Revolutionary Consciousness -- Quantifying Punishment -- From 'Model' Trial to 'Show' Trial -- 5 The Logic of Mercy -- The Nature of Cassation -- A Dialogue on Justice -- The Prevalence of Amnesties -- The Importance of Amnesties -- Other Acts of Mercy -- The Logic of Mercy -- 6 Publicizing Revolutionary Justice -- The Educational Role of Law -- The Language of Justice -- Images of Justice -- The Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Archival Material -- Legal Periodicals -- Newspapers and Periodicals -- Film |
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Contemporary Documents and Publications -- Memoirs, Diaries, and Letters -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
The State versus the People provides the first detailed account of the important role played by law and revolutionary tribunals in securing the Bolsheviks' hold on power after the October Revolution. The study offers a novel perspective on justice and the politics of civil war during the Russian Revolution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 03, 2020) |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Soviet Union -- History
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Political persecution -- Soviet Union -- History
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Political persecution
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| SUBJECT |
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125808
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| Subject |
Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192576859 |
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0192576852 |
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9780192576866 |
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0192576860 |
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9780191876004 |
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0191876003 |
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