POLI 211 Lecture Notes - Meritocracy, Cultural Revolution, The Memory Palace
23 Apr 2013
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Demand for law in russia does exist and is not missing. Law courts are not uniformly the instruments of rich people or oligarchs. Some aspects of soviet legal tradition are not as bad as people thought. Great threat to law comes from the state, with its tendency to be above the law. The need to focus not just on the making of laws but also on their application. Acceptance and practice of rule of law, rather than rule by law. Underwent a revolution: a communist regime: also helps us understand the potential for a peaceful transformation in a self governing society. How does it differ from russia: similarity and differences. C. ) transformation of the systems: the history of political development that goes back several millennia: puzzles. Importance of elite: why elite turned to communism. Communism gave people meaning to their lives beyond what traditions offered them. The soviet union collapsed with tis political institutions.
