Legal reforms under Khrushchev Flashcards
Which other key area’s did Khrushchev significantly reform?
-Legality
-Multiple changes to the CPSU itself (the communist party)
Which illegal activites now became legal under Khrushchev?
-abortion
-absenteeism
-leaving a job without permission
What was the doctrine of analogy and what happened to it?
-where a person was always held under suspicion even if found not guilty.
-stopped use.
What changes were made to the definition of a terriorist attack?
-confined to the grave injury of a party official.
What happened to the principle of confessions as guilty verdicts?
-no longer sufficent- more evidence.
What did Khruschev abolish in the legal system?
-arbitrary justice (people just dissappearing).
-secret courts + anti state crimes.
What did Khruschev’s legal reforms do to crime rate?
-increased it
-1961- harsher measures.
Which harsh measures did Khruschev bring in in 1961 following an increase in crime rate?
-death penalty extended
-law against parasites 1961
What was the law against parasites in 1961?
-‘persons who evade socially useful work’
-social organisations vote to exhile someone from area for 2-5 years.
Between 1961 and 1962, how many parasites were exhiled from Moscow?
2000.
How was the law against parasites used in a way that it should not have been?
-dealing with those refusing to follow the party line.
