Composition of the title-establishing Documents of the USSR
In our Great Sovereign Country — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) — there exist the following legally significant title-establishing documents, which determine the rules and procedure for the functioning of the State system, the rights and duties of Citizens, as well as relations between the State and other subjects:
The Treaty of 30 December 1922 on the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in which the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (RSFSR), the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (USSR), the Belorussian Socialist Soviet Republic (BSSR) and the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (TSFSR — Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia) conclude this union treaty on unification into a Single Union State — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;
The Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Fundamental Law of the USSR), which determines the political system, the structure of bodies of power, the Rights and freedoms of Citizens, the principles of the economic order, etc. Over the history of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics there were several versions of the Constitution:
- Constitution of the USSR of 1924. Approved by resolution of the II-nd Congress of Soviets of the Union of the SSR of 31 January 1924.
- Constitution of the USSR of 1936. Approved by resolution of the Extraordinary VIII Congress of Soviets of the Union of the SSR of 5 December 1936.
- Constitution of the USSR of 1977. Approved on 7 October 1977 and is in force;
The Laws of the Great Sovereign Country — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — are normative Acts (Laws, Decrees, Resolutions, Decrees and other Acts of legislative and executive Power) that were adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (parliament), as well as by bodies of Power formed at the time of the introduction of martial law, which regulate various spheres of public life, including Civil Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law, etc.;
Decrees, Orders, Resolutions and other normative legal acts:
- of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR,
- Military-People's Council of the Union of the SSR,
- People's Liberation Movement of the Union of SSR,
- People's State Body of the Union of SSR – Sovereign International Consumer Cooperative Svetlaya Velikaya Rus,
- Council of Ministers of the USSR, State Committee on the State of Emergency,
- State Service Union Antiterror, as the successor of the Committee,
- State Bank of the Union of SSR,
which have the highest legal force and established the rules and order in various spheres, including the economy, defense, foreign policy throughout the entire territory of the Great Country of the Sovereign of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Codes of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are the most important title-establishing documents of the State, since they contain systematized and unified norms of Law regulating various spheres of public life. They define the Rights and duties of Citizens, establish the procedure for regulating relations between Citizens and organizations, as well as between Citizens and the State. The Codes of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics also contain norms regulating property, inheritance, contractual relations, liability for violation of Laws and other important aspects of the legal system. The Codes of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have high legal force and are fundamental normative Acts in the Soviet system of Law. They serve as the basis for the adoption of other Laws and Normative-Legal Acts, and are also used in judicial practice to resolve disputes and conflicts;
International treaties of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are agreements concluded by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics with other States, which established the rules and principles of interaction between them, for example, Treaties on friendship, trade, security, etc.