Jurisprudence

ü   2^nd was in Mongolia 1920

ü   3^rd was in People’s Republic of China in October 1949 after a long revolution

ü   4^th Kerala in India 1957 and Bengal + Kerala ruled by Marxist government

ü   5^th Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1950’s

ü   6^th North of Vietnam

ü   7^th South of Vietnam fell to north Vietnam’s hand April 1975

ü   8^th Laos December 1975

ü   North Korea no longer practicing the rigid planning system (which is a fundamental part in the communist system)

ü   Burma was de facto de jure a one party state from 1974-1988

ü   Marxism should not be necessarily equated with communism or one party states

ü   There are underground communist movements in Burma, Thailand, and recently Nepal

ü   1989 was the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe

ü   1991 collapse of communism with the Soviet Union collapse

ü   Sino-Soviet split in the communist camp in 1950’s

2.             Economic interpretation of history

3.             Marxist political economy on state ownership and central planning

4.             Class struggle

2.             Law as reflection of class interest

3.             Law as instrument of oppression

4.             Establishment of classless society