General Theory of Law and Marxism

Name: General Theory of Law and Marxism
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

E. B. Pashukanis was the most significant contemporary to develop a fresh, new Marxist perspective in post-revolutionary Russia > E. B. Pashukanis was the most significant contemporary to develop a fresh, new Marxist perspective in post-revolutionary Russia. In 1924 he wrote what is probably his most influential work, The General Theory of Law and Marxism. In the second edition, 1926, he stated that this work was not to be seen as a final product but more for \""self-clarification\"" in hopes of adding \""stimulus and material for further discussion.\"" A third edition was printed in 1927.Pashukanis's \""commodity-exchange\"" theory of law spearheaded a perspective that traced the form of law, not to class interests, but to capital logic itself. Until his death, he continued to argue for the ideal of the withering away of the state, law, and the juridic subject. He eventually arrived at a position contrary to Stalin's who, at that time, was attempting to consolidate and strengthen the sw