Socialist legal system
system
oheavily influenced by the first socialist legal system that emerged in Russia in 1917, called the Soviet system
oChina, Cuba, Vietnam and North Korea
owas initially established in Russia as a result of the October Revolution of 1917
obears a certain resemblance to the Romano-Germanic legal system
oa conception of the legal norm that differs little from the French or German conception
omany Western authors refuse to see Soviet law as an original system, place it within the Romano-Germanic legal systems
of law
obased on the ideology of Marxism-Leninism
oclass character; the classes in power - the proletariat and the peasantry
oa narrow-normative understanding of law
onormative legal acts as the main source
othe imperative nature of normative legal provisions
odenies the division of law into private and public, declaring all spheres of law to be public
opriority of state interests over personal and public ones
odenies its continuity with other legal systems, including its predecessor
in Soviet Russia and other countries of the socialist legal system, the following ideas were legally embodied:
ocentralised management of the economy, economic relations, which entailed the use of imperative norms, planned regulators, detailed regulation of civil contracts, the legal status of property and the powers of subjects
ogeneralisation of property, creation of state, "national" property as the basis of the economy
onationalisation of enterprises, banks, economic property and, in some countries, land and other immovable property
Cuba is a country with a socialist legal system.
oa socialist republic with a one- party system
othe strong traditions of the Spanish heritage and certain features of Anglo-American law
oliberation ideals, principles of independence, sovereignty and identity to the fore
opolitical and ideological pluralism is not allowed
o some restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, and civil rights
o the highest body of State power in Cuba is the National Assembly of People's Power
o the highest body of executive power is the Council of Ministers
o the Chairman of the State Council and the Council of Ministers is the Head of State
Miguel Diaz-Canel
New words:
resemblance – сходство extend – расширить retain – сохранить
embodiment – воплощение narrow-normative – узконормативный
imperative nature – повелительный характер continuity – непрерывность
inalienable – неотъемлемая familiar-sounding – знакомое звучание embodied – воплощенный
entailed - повлекло за собой peasantry – крестьянство enterprises – предприятия