
Producing Legality
Law and Socialism in Cuba
Marjorie S. Zatz(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 6. October 1994
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-415-90856-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Producing Legality" tells the story of how law and legality are understood by Cuban policy-makers and legal scholars. Marjorie S. Zatz explores their vision for Cuban society and the strategies they employ to create a legal order that will be respected by the Cuban people and the international community. Throughout, she discusses the cultural and structural contraints that limit their options, linking abstract theories of law-making and the state to specific dilemmas that confront individual policy-makers. The work is based on ethnographic field work in Cuba over a seven-year period, in-depth interviews with top policy-makers, and an analysis of documentary data available only in Cuba. "Producing Legality" provides a window into the offical construction of socialist legality and the dissemination of this legal consciousness throughout the country. "Producing Legality" provides a rigorous and provocative account of the inner workings of the Cuban legal system while demonstrating how law and legality are "produced" and "reproduced" on a daily basis in the courts, workplaces, law schools, state agencies and legislature of the country.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-90856-6 (9780415908566)
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Content
Part I Context and Theoretical Framework: 1. The Social Context - Daily Life in Cuba, 1985-1990 2. The Form and Content of Legality - Integrating Structure and Ideology. Part II Strategies for Producing Legality: 3. Reaching a Consensus - The Process of Law Creation 4. Producing Jurists - Legal Education in Cuba 5. Legal Adaptions from Abroad. Part III The Daily Production and Reproduction of Legality: 6. Lay Judges - "Bi-directionaly Trasmitters" of Legality 7. Dispute Resolution in the Workplace 8. Conclusions Epilogue.