Chapter 1
  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SOVIET JUDICIARY
5 1. WHY THE SOVIET STATE NEEDS THE COURTS
8 2. THE FIRST DECREES ON THE COURTS
11 3. THE COURTS DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION
14 4. THE JUDICIARY IN THE PRE-WAR PERIOD
21 5. THE COURTS DURING THE 1941-45 WAR
23 6. THE JUDICIARY IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD
30 7. PROMINENT LAWYERS
  Chapter II
  PRINCIPLES OF SOCIALIST JUSTICE
34 1. THE ELABORATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIALIST JUSTICE
37 2. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BY THE COURTS ALONE
38 3. ELECTIVE JUDICIARY
42 4. PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE’S ASSESSORS IN TRIALS. THE COLLEGIAL EXAMINATION OF CASES
45 5. INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES
49 6. THE PUBLIC NATURE OF TRIALS
52 7. THE LANGUAGE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
53 8. THE RIGHT OF THE ACCUSED TO DEFENCE AND GUARANTEES OF THIS RIGHT
55 9. THE EQUALITY OF CITIZENS BEFORE THE LAW AND THE COURT
56 10. THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND THE LEGAL STATUS OF ALIENS
  Chapter III
  THE SOVIET JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OTHER LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
66 1. THE SOVIET COURTS
69 2. ORGANS OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
74 3. THE PROCURATOR AT THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION IN COURT
77 4. THE SOVIET BAR
83 5. THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
88 6. ARBITRATION
94 7. PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PREVENTING CRIMES AND CUTTING SHORT ANY INFRINGEMENT OF LAW
  Chapter IV
  THE COURTS OF THE UNION REPUBLICS
105 1. THE DISTRICT (TOWN) PEOPLE’S COURT
116 2. THE REGIONAL, TERRITORY AND OTHER COURTS EQUAL IN STATUS
120 3. THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNION REPUBLIC
  Chapter V
  THE SUPREME COURT OF THE USSR
126 1. THE FORMATION, COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE USSR
135 2. THE CONSULTATIVE SCIENTIFIC BOARD
  Chapter VI
  THE TRIAL
138 1. PRELIMINARIES TO THE HEARING OF A CRIMINAL CASE
140 2. THE COURT IN SESSION IN CRIMINAL CASES
145 3. THE COURT IN SESSION IN CIVIL CASES
  Chapter VII
  CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT
150 1. PURPOSES, TASKS AND TYPES OF PUNISHMENT
158 2. THE PROCEDURE OF SERVING COURT SENTENCES
169 CONCLUSION
175 INDEX
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