POLS30224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Trial De Novo, Judicial Independence, Planned Economy
19 Aug 2016
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Use the framework of civil law but the communist ideals infiltrated this framework. Speaking negatively about the regime was a crime. This idea made it into the codes. Communism: have as much possible regulated by the state. Shift to capitalism had drastic effects on families who were used to government providing them with everything. Communism: proletariat needed to be valued because they"re the producers of goods. Communism based on possession on things and not ownership. Ensuring judge would stay within will of communist party. You were supposed to be an atheist in communism. The goal was to be better than the western world. Public law was very well-developed in communist law, because it regulated the interactions between individuals and the state. The party and the regime are the religion essentially. Education was main tool by the government to control the minds of the youth. Differences between civil and communist law are almost entirely political.
