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The State versus the People: Revolutionary Justice in Russia's Civil War, 1917-1922
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Matthew Rendle (Senior Lecturer in History, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter)

The State versus the People

Revolutionary Justice in Russia's Civil War, 1917-1922

Matthew Rendle (Senior Lecturer in History, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter)

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Oxford University Press
25 June 2020
European history; Russian Revolution; Law & society
The State versus The People provides the first detailed account of the role of revolutionary justice in the early Soviet state. Law has often been dismissed by historians as either unimportant after the October Revolution amid the violence and chaos of civil war, or, in the absence of written codes and independent judges, little more than another means of violence alongside the secret police (Cheka). This is particularly true of the most revolutionary aspect of the new justice system, revolutionary tribunals--courts inspired by the French Revolution and established to target counter-revolutionary enemies. Yet the evidence put forward in this book paints a more complex picture. The Bolsheviks invested a great deal of effort and scarce resources in building an extensive system of tribunals that spread across the country and operated within the military and the transport network. At their peak, hundreds of tribunals heard hundreds of thousands of cases every year. Not all, though, ended in harsh sentences: some were dismissed through lack of evidence; others given a wide range of sentences; and others still, suspended sentences. Instances of early release and amnesty were also common. This book argues that law played a distinct and multi-faceted role for the Bolsheviks. Tribunals, in particular, stood at the intersection between law and violence, offering various advantages to the Bolsheviks by strengthening state control, providing a more effective means of educating the population about counter-revolution, and enabling a more flexible approach to punishing the state's enemies. All of this challenges traditional understandings of the early Soviet state, adding to our knowledge of the civil war and, ultimately, how the Bolsheviks held on to power.
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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 238mm,  Width: 163mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   1g
ISBN:   9780198840428
ISBN 10:   019884042X
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction 1: Creating Revolutionary Justice 2: Extending State Authority 3: Categorizing Counter-Revolution 4: The Trial 5: The Logic of Mercy 6: Publicizing Revolutionary Justice Conclusion

Matthew Rendle is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter. He has published numerous articles on various aspects of revolutionary Russia and is the author of Defenders of the Motherland: The Tsarist Elite in Revolutionary Russia (Oxford University Press, 2010), the co-editor of the journal, Revolutionary Russia, and a series editor for the BASEES / Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies.

Reviews for The State versus the People: Revolutionary Justice in Russia's Civil War, 1917-1922

This clearly written work by Rendle is based on thorough archival research. * W. G. Moss, CHOICE *


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