Evgeny Pashukanis

Evgeny Bronislavovich Pashukanis (Russian: Евгений Брониславович Пашуканис Lithuanian: Eugenijus Pašukanis; 23 February 1891^[1] – 4 September 1937) was a Soviet and Lithuanian legal scholar, best known for his work The General Theory of Law and Marxism.

He advocated for a philosophy of law that the Soviet authorities considered threatening to their regime.^[2] He was executed in 1937 after Stalinists, including Andrey Vyshinsky, accused him of plotting to overthrow the Soviet state.^[2]

^ This date is based on the Gregorian calendar. At the time, the Julian calendar was in use within in the Russian Empire, where he was born; according to this calendar, he was born on the 10th of February. Kamenka, Eugene; Tay, Alice Erh-soon (January–February 1970). "The Life and Afterlife of a Bolshevik Jurist". Problems of Communism. 19 (1). Washington, D.C.: International Information Administration: 72–79. ISSN 0032-941X. OCLC 1762908. Pg. 74.
^ ^a ^b Hazard, John N. (1957). "Pashukanis is no Traitor". American Journal of International Law. 51 (2): 385–388. doi:10.2307/2195714. ISSN 0002-9300.

[1] This date is based on the Gregorian calendar. At the time, the Julian calendar was in use within in the Russian Empire, where he was born; according to this calendar, he was born on the 10th of February. Kamenka, Eugene; Tay, Alice Erh-soon (January–February 1970). "The Life and Afterlife of a Bolshevik Jurist". Problems of Communism. 19 (1). Washington, D.C.: International Information Administration: 72–79. ISSN 0032-941X. OCLC 1762908. Pg. 74.

[:0-2] Hazard, John N. (1957). "Pashukanis is no Traitor". American Journal of International Law. 51 (2): 385–388. doi:10.2307/2195714. ISSN 0002-9300.

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