Revolutionary Justice Flashcards
1
Q
What replace the old legal system?
A
The peoples courts, were ruled by Bolsheviks.
2
Q
How did the peoples courts rule?
A
They were guided by their revolutionary conscience not by actual law.
3
Q
What was the result of ruling by revolutionary conscience?
A
It led to Mod rule, Mod trials and sometimes Mob lynching in the streets?
4
Q
How was the Revolutionary Justice System used against class?
A
Merchants, Factory Owners, Employers, Army Officers, Tsarists Officers were all victims of RJ. The people’s courts were used as another weapon against privileged people
