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Between Exception and Normality: Schmittian Dictatorship and the Soviet Legal Order

cam.issuedOnline2022-06-19
dc.contributor.authorLukina, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-29T19:42:26Z
dc.date.available2022-06-29T19:42:26Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.date.updated2022-06-29T19:42:26Z
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article addresses Schmitt’s concept of sovereign dictatorship—a departure from the normal legal order aiming to bring about a new mode of legality—as applied to the Marxist, and then Soviet, “dictatorship of the proletariat.” Unlike Schmitt, Marx and Engels, as well as Soviet legal theorists, saw the space for law even while aiming to dispense with the legal form on the road to communism. This is best explained by Schmitt’s failure to recognize the importance of legal systems not only for controlling social conflict, but also for coordination, the need for which does not disappear in extraordinary circumstances.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:sup>*</jats:sup>This article was initially written as part of my LLM studies at Harvard Law School. I thank my supervisor, Professor Adrian Vermeule, for his guidance and advice, as well as other friends (and enemies) for motivating my project. I am also grateful to the <jats:italic>Ratio Juris</jats:italic> production team for their exceptionally thorough editing of my original text. Any mistakes remain my own.</jats:p>
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.85849
dc.identifier.eissn1467-9337
dc.identifier.issn0952-1917
dc.identifier.otherraju12355
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/338436
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raju.12355
dc.subject4801 Commercial Law
dc.subject48 Law and Legal Studies
dc.subject16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.titleBetween Exception and Normality: Schmittian Dictatorship and the Soviet Legal Order
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-05-25
prism.endingPage157
prism.issueIdentifier2
prism.publicationNameRatio Juris
prism.startingPage139
prism.volume35
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1111/raju.12355

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