44thth cumulativcumulativee catalogucataloguee Russian,Russian, Soviet,Soviet, anandd MongoliaMongoliann LawLaw onon microfichemicrofiche * <^s *-φφΑ**1 « KW* t^nk\» » ^TiMUU^Tt f*** : GeneraGenerall EditorEditor:: ProfessorProfessor W.E W.E.. ButlerButler,, UniversityUniversity ofof LondoLondonn ÖIDM IDCC I ContentContentss IntroductioIntroductionn IntroductioIntroductionn ......................... I RussiaRussiann anandd SovietSoviet LawLaw PricesPrices anandd otheotherr informatioinformationn IIII ............ TheThe RussianRussian andand SovietSoviet legallegal materialsmaterials collectedcollected AnnotationAnnotationss IIIIII ......................... inin thisthis cataloguecatalogue representrepresent aa substantialsubstantial nucleusnucleus OrderOrder instructioninstructionss IIIIII .................... ofof aa comprehensivecomprehensive microfichemicrofiche librarylibrary containingcontaining FreFreee readersreaders IIVV ......................... important and scarce volumes of interest toto TheThe collectioncollection important and scarce volumes of interest scholarscholarss ooff comparativecomparative andand internationalinternational law,law, RussiaRussiann anandd SovieSoviett LaLaww . 1 ............... economists,economists, historians,historians, politicapoliticall scientistsscientists,, andand MongoliaMongoliann Law 115 Law ...................... 115 otherotherss concernedconcerned withwith SovietSoviet affairs.affairs. TheThe collec-collec- RelateRelatedd IDIDCC projectsprojects 111199 .................. tiotionn doesdoes notnot aspireaspire toto completenesscompleteness oror toto includeinclude onlonlyy basicbasic materialsmaterials;; it itss objecobjectt iiss ttoo supplysupply atat modestmodest costcost whateverwhatever legallegal materialsmaterials inin thisthis fieldfield scholarscholarss oorr librarieslibraries deemdeem desirabledesirable oror advisableadvisable ttoo havehave available.available. TheThe microfichemicrofiche projectproject originatedoriginated inin 19701970 whenwhen iitt becamebecame apparentapparent ttoo thethe editoreditor thatthat aa coopera-coopera- tivtivee poolingpooling ofof materialsmaterials foundfound inin EuropeanEuropean andand NortNorthh AmericanAmerican collectionscollections wouldwould gogo farfar ttoo reducereduce existinexistingg gapgapss anandd enableenable institutionsinstitutions toto augmentaugment theitheirr holdingsholdings ofof olderolder materialsmaterials atat reasonablereasonable cost.cost. EuropeanEuropean holdingsholdings ofof pre-revolutionarypre-revolutionary RussianRussian anandd interwarinterwar SovietSoviet materialmaterialss tentendd ttoo bebe weakeweakerr thathann thethe NorthNorth American,American, andand severalseveral excellenexcellentt continentalcontinental EuropeanEuropean collectionscollections thatthat havhavee comecome intointo beingbeing sincesince thethe 19501950ss havehave holdingholdingss superiosuperiorr iinn manmanyy respectsrespects ttoo theirtheir NorthNorth AmericaAmericann counterpartscounterparts.. TToo thisthis almostalmost comple-comple- mentarmentaryy imbalanceimbalance reflectingreflecting thethe vicissitudesvicissitudes ofof interesinterestt iinn thethe fieldfield mustmust bebe addedadded thethe normalnormal lacunalacunaee thatthat arisearise fromfrom difficultiesdifficulties inin securingsecuring regionaregionall imprintimprintss andand fugitivefugitive itemsitems issuedissued inin veryvery smallsmall editions.editions. AndAnd ofof coursecourse allall collectionscollections suffersuffer fromfrom incompleteincomplete setssets ofof periodicals,periodicals, serials,serials, courcourtt reports,reports, andand legislation,legislation, althougalthoughh ththee gapsgaps araree byby nnoo meansmeans identical.identical. ItIt waswas also also consideredconsidered essentialessential thathatt filmedfilmed itemsitems shouldshould bebe availableavailable separatelyseparately anandd selectivelyselectively toto individualindividual scholarsscholars atat prices,prices, foforr monographsmonographs aatt least,least, withinwithin anan individual'sindividual's budget.budget. A veryvery considerableconsiderable numbernumber ofof institutionsinstitutions havehave loanedloaned materialsmaterials forfor filming,filming, butbut thethe greatgreat majoritymajority ooff thethe itemsitems werewere selectedselected fromfrom thethe collectionscollections ooff thethe HarvardHarvard LawLaw School.School. ImportantImportant materialsmaterials al-al- soso originateoriginate fromfrom thethe HeinrichHeinrich FreundFreund collectioncollection acquiredacquired byby ProfessorProfessor JohnJohn N.N. Hazard.Hazard. WithWith re-re- spectspect toto thethe pre-revolutionarypre-revolutionary period,period, thethe projectproject offerofferss a usefuusefull representatiorepresentationn ofof referencereference items,items, aa significansignificantt collectiocollectionn ofof documents,documents, legislation,legislation, anandd serials,serials, andand aa diversediverse selectionselection ofof treatisestreatises andand monographsmonographs.. FoForr thethe SovietSoviet era,era, therethere isis aa reason-reason- ablablyy extensiveextensive grougroupp ofof referencereference materials,materials, anan importanimportantt collectioncollection ofof legislationlegislation andand serials,serials, par-par- ticularlticularlyy foforr thethe interwarinterwar era,era, andand aa substantialsubstantial selectionselection ofof monographsmonographs andand treatises,treatises, againagain withwith strengtstrengthh especiallyespecially foforr thethe interwarinterwar period.period. TheThe internationainternationall materialsmaterials areare particularlparticularlyy strong,strong, IIII PricePricess anandd otheotherr informatioinformationn withwith anan excellentexcellent representationrepresentation ooff treatytreaty collec-collec- RussiaRussiann andand SovietSoviet LawLaw tiontionss andand indexesindexes andand aa substantialsubstantial representationrepresentation ooff pre-pre- andand postrevolutionarypostrevolutionary doctrinaldoctrinal writings.writings. 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Geographically,Geographically, ooff thethe IDCIDC orderorder numbers:numbers: theythey rangerange frofromm whatwhat isis nownow thethe UnionUnion ofof SovietSoviet //II forfo r105 105 x χ 148148m mmm SocialisSocialistt RepublicsRepublics oror waswas thethe RussianRussian Empire;Empire; 12/2 forfor 9090 xχ 120120m mmm thatthat isis toto say, say, therethere is i salso aiso material material onon Polish,Polish, FinnishFinnish,, LithuanianLithuanian,, Estonian,Estonian, Georgian,Georgian, andand FilmFilm typetype PositivPositivee silvesilverr halidhalidee customarycustomary lawlaw.. A fewfew itemsitems inin thethe Russian Russian lan-lan- ReductionReduction ratioratio VarieVariess accordinaccordingg ttoo thethe sizesize ooff guageguage deadeall exclusivelexclusivelyy witwithh aa foreignforeign legal legal systemsystem ththee originaoriginall oror areare translationtranslationss ooff foreignforeign legallegal writings.writings. InternalInternal Eye-legibleEye-legible headerheaderss wit withh titltitlee findingfinding aidsaids oonn eacheach fichefiche MongoliaMongoliann LawLaw ThThee MongolianMongolian People'People'ss RepublicRepublic waswas formedformed inin 19211921 followingfollowing aa revolutiorevolutionn oonn ththee territoryterritory ofof whatwhat waswas conventionallyconventionally knownknown asas Outer Outer Mongo-Mongo- lialia,, atat thatthat timetime linkedlinked toto China, China ,and and formallyformally adoptedadopted thethe appellationappellation ofof a`people'sa'people's republic'republic' inin NovemberNovember 19241924.. AlthoughAlthough thethe MPRMPR isis conse-conse- quentlyquently thethe secondsecond oldestoldest establishedestablished socialistsocialist legallegal systemsystem,, itsits remotenessremoteness andand thethe