Abstract

Contents: Martin KRYGIER: Introduction. Andrzej FLIS: From Marx to Real Socialism: The History of a Utopia. Piotr MARCINIAK: The Collapse of Communism: Defeat or Opportunity for Marxism in Eastern Europe. John CLARK and Aaron WILDAVSKY:Chronicle of a Collapse Foretold: How Marx Predicted the Demise of Communism . Leszek NOWAK: Political Theory and Socialism. On the Main Paradigms of Political Power and Their Methodological and Historical Legitimation. Edmund MOKRZYCKI: Marxism, Sociology, and "Real Socialism". Roman BÄCKER: The Collapse of Communism and Theoretical Models. Andrzej ZYBERTOWICZ: Three Deaths of an Ideology: The Withering Away of Marxism and the Collapse of Communism. The Case of Poland. Martin KRYGIER: Marxism, Communism, and the Rule of Law. Adam CZARNOTA: Marxism, Ideology, and Law. Grazyna SKAPSKA: The Legacy of Anti-Legalism. Andras SAJO: Law and Legal Scholarship in the Happiest Barrack and Among the Hungry Liberated: Personal Recollections