Introduction -- Law before communism : modernity and the authoritarian drive -- A criticism of the heaven : class struggle and the law in theory and practice -- Revolution under siege : law, violence and marxist legal theory -- Revolution betrayed : the great retreat and the enduring legal canon -- The discourse of the master : war, law and the communist takeover -- Law as state-truth : the law-preserving violence and the limits of communism -- Exit communism : legal amnesia and the return of the repressed -- Conclusion
