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SOVIET LEGAL REFORM (387S) Materials VOLUME III Spring term 1991 Karen Knop Faculty of Law University of Toronto Prepared with the assistance of Ann Kerwin December 1990 WSOK UW U8RAW APR L 1991 fAi'UU) Of LAW OBtytllSIir Of TOUMTO BORA LASKIN LAW LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SOVIET LEGAL REFORM (387S) Materials VOLUME III Spring term 1991 Karen Knop Faculty of Law University of Toronto Prepared with the assistance of Ann Kerwin December 1990 "AJ A>1' . f - -> OTA.OJIor ■•iO Ti ic>!;iVi/' ) Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/sovietlegalrefor03knop SOVIET LEGAL REFORM TABLE OP CONTENTS VOLUME III X JOINT VENTURES PAGE A Ventures in the Soviet Union Before Gorbachev Pitt, "Hotel Cosmos How the biggest Soviet hotel was built".1 B Joint Ventures Materials to be handed out in class XI SOCIALISM, FEDERALISM AND NATIONALISM A Before Gorbachev Avineri, "Toward a Socialist Theory of Nationalism".9 Connor, The National Question in Marxist-Leninist Theory and Strategy.15 Chkhikvadze, The State. Democracy and Legality in the USSR Lenin’s Ideas Today.2 3 B Under Gorbachev 1 Current Problems Kux, "Soviet Federalism".3 0 See Part III of the current USSR Constitution (Appendix A of vol. I) a Who Owns the Land? N.Y. Times. "Soviet Zone Strikes for Sovereignty and Diamonds".5 0 Decree of the RSFSR Presidium on Protection of the Economic Foundations of the Sovereignty of the RSFSR..51 Presidential Decree "Apropos of the resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 9, 1990".52 RSFSR Declares Gorbachev Decree Invalid..53 b Whose Laws Are Supreme? Estonian constitutional amendments.54 USSR Law "On Ensuring That Laws and Other Acts of USSR Legislation Take Effect".. o . . . e . . ... 56 RSFSR Law "On the Operation of USSR Bodies' Enactments on RSFSR Territory".58 Moscow Domestic Service. "Decrees Lithuania Law Illegal".59 Rabochava Tribuna. "Back to Ivan Kalita?".60 c The Nationalities Question N.Y. Times. "Soviet Union is Reeling with Dizzying Disunion".61 Lapidus, "Gorbachev and the 'National Question': Restructuring the Soviet Federation".62 N.Y. Times. "Lithuania's Long Path From and Back Toward Freedom".64 N.Y. Times. "Lithuania's Declaration [of Independence]".65 USSR Government statement on Lithuania.6 6 N.Y. Times. "Toughening Stand, Moscow Cuts Back Gas For Lithuania".68 Moratorium on the Lithuania Act of Independence. ..70 N.Y. Times. "Excerpts From Solzhenitsyn's Article on the Russian People".71 Keller, "Russian Nationalists Yearning for an Iron Hand".74 N.Y. Times. "Soviet Georgia Revokes Autonomy for Region".81 CPSU Nationalities Platform.82 Possible Solutions a Secession USSR Law "On the Procedure for Resolving Questions Related to the Secession of Union Republics from the USSR".91 Statement of the Latvian Republic's Supreme Soviet.94 b New Union Treaty Draft Union Treaty 97 XII INTERNATIONAL LAW A Before Gorbachev Quigley, "The New Soviet Approach to International Law".101 Tunkin, Theory of International Law.118 B Under Gorbachev Gorbachev, "Reality and Guarantee for a Secured World".12 6 USSR Memorandum on Enhancing the Role of International Law.149 Petrovsky, Statement in the Sixth (Legal) Committee.154 Vereshchetin & Mullerson, "International Law in an Interdependent World".164 Franck, "Soviet Initiatives: U.S. Responses- New Opportunities for Reviving the United Nations System".17 0 XIII HUMAN RIGHTS A Domestic Human Rights See Part II of the current USSR Constitution (Appendix A of Vol. I) Sharlet, "Party and Public Ideals in Conflict: Constitutional and Civil Rights in the USSR".177 The Economist. "Learning on the job".189 Constitutional Review covered in Part VII(B)(1) USSR Law on "The Press and Other Mass Information Media".19 0 USSR Law "On Public Associations" (A translation is found in Current Digest of the Soviet Press, vol.42, no.43 (1990), p.l8) USSR Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" (A translation is found in Daily Report(FBIS) 24 Oct., 1990, at 48) iv B USSR and International Human Rights Dean, "Beyond Helsinki: The Soviet View of Human Rights in International Law".197 Kolosov, "Toward a New Stage in International Humanitarian Cooperation". 218 Paris Declaration, CSCE .,.237 XIV CONCLUSION: TOWARDS THE RULE OP LAW? Wortman, The Development of a Russian Legal Consciousness.244 Solomon, "Legality in Soviet Political Culture".247