Mityukov, M.A. Judicial constitutional review (1924-1933): nature, purposes and specific features.

Abstract: The Constitution of the USSR of 1924 does not concern itself much with judicial issues, and the courts were not even recognized in it as a special kind of an independent state body. What was the role of the courts and their functions within the system of state bodies in 1920-1930s Russia? What are the specific features of constitutional review by the Supreme Court of the USSR at that time? M.A. Mityukov’s article contains answers to these and other relevant questions.