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Book SynopsisIvan Aleksandrovich Ilâin (1883-1954) has become in post-Soviet Russia one of the most eminent legal philosophers of the twentieth century. This volume brings to an international readership for the first time what is perhaps the most impassioned and prescient work by a Russian jurist in support of the rule of law.
Table of ContentsDedication;
The Authors;
Contents;
Preface and Acknowledgements;
I. A. Il’in and the Rule of Law;
P. T. Grier;
The Concept of Legal Consciousness: Origin and Transformations;
P. T. Grier and W. E. Butler;
I. A. Il’in: Russian Legal Philosopher;
W. E. Butler and V. A. Tomsinov;
The Origins of Il’in’s Treatise on the Essence of Legal Consciousness;
W. E. Butler;
A Note on the Translation;
P. T. Grier
I. A. Il’in, On the Essence of Legal Consciousness Translated by P. T. Grier;
1. The Problem;
2. Knowledge of the Law;
3. The Significance of Positive Legal Consciousness;
4. Recognition of Law;
5. The Grounding of Natural Law;
6. The Grounding of Positive Law;
7. The Struggle for Law;
8. Legal Consciousness and Criminal Guilt;
9. The Basis of Sound Legal Consciousness;
10. On Patriotism;
11. On Political Legal Consciousness;
12. The Essence of the State;
13. The Forms of the State;
14. The Axioms of Ruling Authority;
15. The First Axiom of Legal Consciousness;
16. Diseases of Self-Affirmation;
17. The Second Axiom of Legal Consciousness;
18. Diseases of Autonomy;
19. Third Axiom of Legal Consciousness;
20. Diseases of Mutual Recognition
21. Legal Consciousness and Religiosity;
22. Conclusion;
APPENDIX I.
A. Il’in, “The Concepts of Law and Power” Translated by P. T. Grier;
Glossary;
Bibliography;
Index of Names
