1936 Constitution of the USSR: historical development

[Die Neue Zeit]

I've previewed bits of Constitutional development in the USSR: a guide to the Soviet constitutions by Aryeh Ungar on Google Books for some sort of guide to the longest-lasting Soviet constitution, the 1936 Constitution of the USSR that is better known as the "Stalin Constitution" even though Bukharin contributed more.

Other than that, here are various English translations depending on what year amendments took effect:

http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/1936toc.html (1936)
http://www.politicsresources.net/docs/ussr64.htm (1964)
http://www.russiannewsnetwork.com/soviet-const.html (1969, Part Two used to work)

And of course the original Russian:

http://constitution.garant.ru/history/ussr-rsfsr/1936/ (first link for full texts, second link for amendment decisions by the Supreme Soviet)

Discuss.

[Jose Gracchus]

Bukharin wrote it? No wonder it was a bourgeois democratic paper government with fictitious soviets...even on paper.

[Die Neue Zeit]

What I do like a lot about it, though, is its near-unique lack of a preamble, conversely its getting down to legal business of sorts. To the public at large and even the constitutional courts, articles themselves are more authoritative than preambles. The first twelve articles that comprise Part I sound more authoritative.

Speaking of its overall structure, like the US constitution and unlike many others, rights and duties appear towards the end, but I think that's a subject for another post.