arxist dream of a lawless society has led only to gross inequality and class-oriented genocidal policies. In fact, Marxist regimes have been far more efficient in the art of killing millions of individuals than in the art of producing any concrete or perceived form of social justice.
But it appears that Marxism is still very much alive, and that it has deeply influenced a direct line of contemporary legal thinkers, who have adopted some of its ideas or picked up some aspects of this radical theory. Indeed, Marxist theory overlaps with much of the current work within critical theories of law, such as radical feminism and race legal theory.58 This may be regarded as a dangerous development, since history empirically demonstrates—rather conclusively—that whenever Marxist legal theory is applied, at least two of its most dreadful characteristics invariably appear, namely, judicial partiality and political arbitrariness.
- Cited in Johnson, P., The Intellectuals, Harper Perennial, New York, p. 55, 1988. Return to text.
- Koyzis, D.T., Political Visions & Illusions, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Ill, p. 174, 2003. Return to text.
- Koyzis, ref. 2, p. 172. Return to text.
- Morris, H.M. and Clark, M.E., The Bible has the Answer, Master Books, Green Forest, AR, p. 340–341, 2005 Return to text.
- Boff, L., Salvation and Liberation, Dove, Melbourne, p. 106, 1984. Return to text.
- Boff, ref. 5, p. 116. Return to text.
- See: Boff, L., O Socialismo Como Desafio Teológico, Vozes, Petrópolis, Brazil, p. 682, 1987. Return to text.
- Page, J.A., The Brazilians,: Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, p. 349, 1995. Return to text.
- Liberation Theology, The Angelus VIII(6), June 1985, Reprinted from The Economist 13, October 1984; <www.sspx.ca/Angelus/1985_June/Liberation_Theology.htm>. Return to text.
- Erickson, M.J., Christian Theology, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI, p. 592, 1983. Return to text.
- Ratzinger, J., (Pope Benedict XVI), Instruction on Certain Aspects of Theology of Liberation, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Rome, 6 August 1984; <www.newadvent.org/library/docs_df84lt.htm>. Return to text.
- Pope John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, nos. 13, 25. Return to text.
- Green, M., I Believe in Satan”s Downfall, Hodder & Soutghton, London, pp. 159–161, 1988. Return to text.
- See Jaffa, H.J., What Were the “Original Intentions” of the Framers of the Constitution of the United States?; in: Original Intent and the Framers of the Constitution, Jaffa, H.V., Ledewitz, B., Stone, R.L. and Anastaplo, G. (Eds.), Regnery Gateway, Washington DC, p. 49, 1994. Return to text.
- Engels, F., Selected Works, 3 vols., International Publishers, New York, p. 153, 1950. Return to text.
- Marx, K. and Engels, F., Selected Correspondence, International Publishers, New York, p. 125, 1942. Return to text.
- Kirschke, S., Darwin Today, Geissler, E. and Scheler, W. (Eds.), Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, p. 55, 1983. Return to text.
- Cited in Johnson, P., Intellectuals, Harper Collins, New York, p. 61, 1990. Return to text.
- Mark-Engels Werke XXX:259. Quoted from, Johnson, ref. 18, p. 62. Return to text.
- Cited in Johnson, ref. 18, pp. 57–58. Return to text.
- Bottomore, T.B. (Ed.), Karl Marx: Early Writings, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 34–37, 1963. Return to text.
- Kelly, J.M., A Short History of Western Legal Theory, Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 309, 2007. Return to text.
- Hegel’s Dialectic—Marx to Kugelmann, cited in Hook, S., From Hegel to Marx: Studies in the Intellectual Development of Karl Marx, Columbia University Press, New York, p. 16, 1994. Return to text.
- See Freeman, M.D.A., Lloyd’s Introduction to Jurisprudence, Sweet & Maxwell, London, p. 1130, 2008. Return to text.
- Kelly, ref. 22, p. 310. Return to text.
- Marx, K., A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, tr. N.I. Stone, Chicago, 1904, preface, p. ii; cited in Kelly, ref. 22, p. 310. Return to text.
- Wilder-Smith, A.E., The Creation of Life, TWFT Publishers, Costa Mesa, CA, p. ix, 1970. Return to text.
- Marx, K. and Engels, F., Manifesto of