Legal education at Moscow State University in the second half of the 1920s: Faculty of Soviet Law

Abstract

The article is devoted to the Faculty of Soviet Law, which existed at the 1st Moscow State University from June 1925 to April 1931. Within the framework of this faculty, there was a significant revival of the legal training system that operated at the Imperial Moscow University before the 1917 revolution. The article reveals the background and causes for the new reform of legal education in Soviet Russia, which resulted in the establishment of the Faculty of Soviet Law at Moscow University instead of the law department of the Faculty of Social Sciences; it describes the internal organization of the faculty, analyzes its educational program and the methods of teaching law used here. Special attention is paid to the students, the teaching staff and the heads of the faculty. The article consists of three sections: 1. Introduction, 2. Establishment of the Faculty of Soviet Law of the 1st Moscow State University: its structure, curriculum and methods of teaching law. 3. Students, teachers, and deans of the Faculty of Soviet Law.

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