Marxism and Law

A clear and articulate summary of recent debates about law within European Marxism...For teaching purposes this is certainly the best available monograph.--Choice. Collins has achieved a coherent and well-reasoned ordering of the most salient insights of Marxist analyses of law.--Dennis M. Patterson in Legal Studies Forum. Easily comprehensible to those unacquainted with Marxism this text provides a thorough introductory account of law from a Marxist point of view covering such topics as Law as an Instrument of Class Oppression Ideology and Law and Class Struggle and the Rule of Law.