A comprehensive analysis of the Soviet economy from a legal perspective, this book discusses the Soviet theory of legal regulation of economic activity and the

The inside story of the political collpase of the Soviet Union is far better understood than the course of economic and social disintegration. In order to captu

For half a century the Soviet economy was inefficient but stable. In the late 1980s, to the surprise of nearly everyone, it suddenly collapsed. Why did this hap

Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Sovi

Study in historical perspective of developments in economic policy in the USSR - covers economic structures and economic administration prior to and during the