Peoples Courts In The Ussr

This is an informative and sympathetic view of the court system in Soviet Russia. There are stories told to illustrate the ways the courts worked. These include local murders, a mountain climbing incident and an Englishman who flew a small plane into Russia to get his lady love. There are looks at the various ways that justice was carried out including "correctional labor camps." It is a fascinating look at the Soviet justice system as of 1957, when it was originally published in Moscow.

A young American's first-hand report on Soviet courts, from the lowest Worker's Tribunal to the Supreme Court of the land. The reader is taken into the courthouse to watch trials in progress- judges, lawyers, officials functioning under Socialism, and the men and women who have come to them to confront the law- and the state.