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Legislation strikingly similar to the marxist inspired laws of soviet russia found its way into the legal systems of the western world even though western governments were at odds with the soviet government they were affected by the ideas it put forth western law was transformed radically during the course of the twentieth century and much . Soviet legal innovation and the law of the western world the government of soviet russia wrote new laws for russia that were as revo lutionary as its political philosophy these new laws challenged social relations as they had developed in europe over centuries these laws generated intense interest in the west. Legislation strikingly similar to the marxist inspired laws of soviet russia found its way into the legal systems of the western world even though western governments were at odds with the soviet government they were affected by the ideas it put forth. Soviet legal innovation and the law of the western world john quigley p cm includes bibliographical references and index isbn 978 0 521 88174 6 hardback 1 law philosophy 2 law soviet union 3 law and socialism 4 law reform 5 comparative law 6 international law soviet union 7 soviet union history