NCJ Number
50362
Date Published
1976
Length
20 pages
Annotation
THIS TRANSCRIPT OF THE TELEVISION PROGRAM 'FIRING LINE' RECORDS THE DISCUSSION OF ASPECTS OF SOVIET JUSTICE, COMPARISON WITH THE U.S. SYSTEM, AND QUESTIONS ABOUT POLITICAL TRIALS.
Abstract
MODERATOR WILLIAM BUCKLEY, JR., AND TELFORD TAYLOR, AN ATTORNEY AND PROFESSOR OF LAW, DISCUSS QUESTIONS OF SOVIET JUSTICE WITH PANELISTS. THE DISCUSSION CENTERS ON SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN UNITED STATES JUSTICE AND SOVIET JUSTICE, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON MR. TAYLOR'S WORK TO HELP 20 IMPRISONED RUSSIANS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SOVIET LAW. QUESTIONS ARE RAISED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, THE RIGHT TO EMIGRATE, THE JUSTIFICATION FOR ACTIVIST INTERVENTION IN DOMESTIC POLICIES OF A NATION, THE USE OF CLANDESTINE BROADCASTS TO INFORM THE SOVIET PEOPLE OF EVENTS OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA, SAMIZDAT OR THE UNDERGROUND PRESS IN THE SOVIET UNION, AND WAYS OF GENERATING PRESSURE ON THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT BY INDIRECT MEANS. AMONG THE DIFFERENCES IN SYSTEMS OF LAW POINTED OUT BY THE DISCUSSION WAS THE POWER OF THE SOVIET PROCURATOR GENERAL TO PROTEST AND DEMAND RECONSIDERATION OF THE JUDGMENTS OF THE COURTS. (RFC)