Russian Lawyers and the Soviet State: The Origins and Development of the Soviet Bar, 1917-1939

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by  Huskey, Eugene

Eugene Huskey
RUSSIAN LAWYERS
AND THE SOVIET STATE
The Origins and Development of the Soviet Bar,
1917-1939
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
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RUSSIAN LAWYERS AND THE SOVIET STATE

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all of whom share in this enterprise

Contents
List of Tables ix
Preface xi
Introduction 3
Chapter One The Emergence of a Russian Legal
Profession 11
Chapter Two The Bar in Decline: The Russian Lawyer
in Revolution and Civil War,
1917-1921 34
ChapterThree The Bar Restored, 1922-1927 80
ChapterFour The Bar under Siege, 1928-1932 143
Chapter Five The Bar and the Triumph of Stalinism,
1933-1939 180
Chapter Six Conclusion: The Bar and the
Transformation of Soviet Professions 223
Glossary of Russian Terms 229
Bibliography 233
Index 243

List of Tables
Table 1.1 The Distribution of Advocates in Late
Imperial Russia, 1910 19
Table 1.2 TheDeclineofPrivateAdvocates 21
Table 1.3 The Growth of the Russian Bar 21
Table 3.1 Membership in the Soviet Bar in 1927:
RSFSR and Selected Regions 99
Table 3.2 The Social Backgrounds of Leningrad
Advocates 100