Abstract
This is a study of the comradely court in the Soviet Union today. The institution is located in factories, housing units, and collective farms for the popular trial of minor offenders. One of its major functions is that of encouraging social conformity through the use of the pressure of public opinion. It is particularly efficacious as it deals with miscreants at the prelegal level. The court can be seen as both a preventive and a corrective instrument. The facts and cases cited are based primarily on information in articles in Soviet newspapers and legal periodicals.
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