Introduction to Marxism
Who founded Marxism?
Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
Which Marxian Assumption of law is related to the Base-Superstructure Relationship of law and the economy? Law is the product of ________ forces
Economic forces
According to Marxists, what must be abolished to end capitalist exploitation?
Private Property
This legal theory claims that “law is politics” and that law is not neutral or objective.
Critical Legal Studies
True or False: Workers' unions were formed from the spread of Marxist ideals.
False
What is the name of the book that presented Mark and Epoch's criticisms of capitalism?
The Communist Manifesto
What function of law is criticized by Marxism as the reason it is a tool of the ruling class?
Ideological function
Which Austro-Marxist distinguished between the legal form of private property and its changing social function?
Karl Renner
This term describes the “legitimate right to coercively exclude others from one’s property,” which is central to class conflict according to Rummel
Property ownership
A collective term for working-class people used with reference to Marxism
The Proletariat
When was the First International Formed?
A. 1864
B. 1964
C. 1890
1864
Who was the Soviet legal theorist that applied Marxist principles into his own theory and developed the commodity form theory of law?
A. Vladimir Lenin
B. Evgeny Pashukanis
C. Andrei Vyshinsky
Evgeni Pashukanis
What Marxist legal perspective argues that law maintains “relative autonomy” to stabilize capitalism, rather than serving only as a direct tool of the ruling class?
A. Instrumentalist Perspective
B. Communist Perspective
C. Structuralist Perspective
The Structuralist Perspective
This the outcome of intensified class conflict involving the dominance of one class and eventual disruption of class society.
A. Political organization
B. Structural change
C. Abolition of property
Structural change
Which branches of law have Marxist ideals influenced common law legal systems?
A. Labor Laws and Human Rights Laws
B. Criminal Law
C. Economic Law
Labor Laws and Human Rights Laws