Soviet judicial system in 1920s: the beginning

Abstract

The class approach was laid in the base
of the Soviet judicial system. At the first phase the new
Soviet court construction was provided by law-making
of revolutionary masses. In a years time the new government
adopted three Decrees on the Court, which
allowed to create a network of unified judiciary on the
territory of the country. In the course of the 1922 judicial
reform Peoples Court became the principal judicial
body.