Philosopher
Evgeny Pashukanis
Overview
Evgeny Bronislavovich Pashukanis (Russian: Евгений Брониславович Пашуканис; Lithuanian: Eugenijus Pašukanis; 23 February [O.S. 10 February] 1891 – 4 September 1937) was a Soviet and Lithuanian legal scholar, best known for his work The General Theory of Law and Marxism. He advocated for a philosophy of law that the Soviet authorities considered threatening to their regime. He was executed in 1937 after Stalinists, including Andrey Vyshinsky, accused him of plotting to overthrow the Soviet state.
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Ideas Evgeny Pashukanis discusses
- Hans Kelsen
- Jurisprudence
- Moscow
- Marxism
- Munich
- Russian Empire
- October Revolution
- Saint Petersburg
- Stalinism
- Legal positivism
- Berlin
- Morality
- World War I
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Communism
- Pure Theory of Law
- Criticism and self-criticism
Place in the tradition
Part of Jurisprudence.