Socialism and Legal History: The Histories and Historians of Law in Socialist East Central Europe

by Ville Erkkil

Book Overview

This book focuses on the way in which legal historians and legal scientists used the past to legitimize, challenge, explain and familiarize the socialist legal orders, which were backed by dictatorial governments.

The volume studies legal historians and legal histories written in Eastern European countries during the socialist era after the Second World War. The book investigates whether there was a unified form of socialist legal historiography,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367419831
• ISBN13: 9780367419837
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"