Introduction p. ix
1 the Nature of the Soviet System p. 1
The Soviet System: Historical and Theoretical Evaluation p. 33
A Theoretical Evaluation Without Historical Contents: A Commentary on Section 1 p. 35
Rejoinder to L枚kenthal's Commentary p. 40
The Necessary Conditions for Characterizing A State as Totalitarian: A Commentary on Section 1 p. 42
On Totalitarianism and the Prospects for Institutionalized Revolution in the U.S.S.R. and China: A Commentary on Sections 1 and 2 p. 69
Communism as A Cultural Phenomenon p. 70
Human Rights and the Soviet Future p. 109
Crisis of the Soviet System p. 113
The Coming Crisis in the Soviet Union p. 158
The Economic Crisis in the U.S.S.R. A Commentary on Section I p. 169
The Function and Fate of Law in the Transition to the Post-Soviet Era p. 196
Prospects for Transition p. 199
How the End of the Soviet System May Come About: Historical Precedents and Possible Scenarios p. 285
How the End of the Soviet System May Come About: A Commentary on Section 1 p. 301
A Realistic VIsion of Change: A Commentary on Section I p. 311
The Alternative p. 313
A. the VIsions 1 Images of the Soviet Future: The Western Scholarly Debate p. 348
Images of the Soviet Future: The 脡migr茅' and Samizdat Debate p. 389
B. the Proposals: Introduction to Section 1 p. 399
The Passage to New Russia and Some Thoughts on Its Alternative Constitutional Order p. 400
Law and the Soviet State: Some Thoughts About the Future p. 470
Soviet Constitutional Law What Must Be Abolished Or Changed and What Can Be Retained? p. 487
Prospects for the Reception of Soviet Law After the Collapse of the Soviet System p. 516
Research and Instruction on the Soviet Union: Some Reflections p. 519
Notes on Contributors p. 539
Index p. 541