Law

==== Anarchist and socialist law ====
{{main|Anarchist law|Socialist law}}

Anarchist law primarily deals with how anarchism is implemented upon a society, the framework based on decentralized organizations and [[Mutual aid (organization theory)|mutual aid]], with representation through a form of [[direct democracy]]. Laws being based upon their need.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tamblyn|first=Nathan|date=April 2019|title=The Common Ground of Law and Anarchism|journal=Liverpool Law Review|volume=40|issue=1|pages=65–78|doi=10.1007/s10991-019-09223-1|s2cid=155131683|issn=1572-8625|doi-access=free|hdl=10871/36939|hdl-access=free}}</ref> A large portion of anarchist ideologies such as [[anarcho-syndicalism]] and [[anarcho-communism]] primarily focuses on [[decentralized]] worker unions, [[cooperatives]] and syndicates as the main instrument of society.<ref>Rocker, Rudolf (1938). [https://mirror.anarhija.net/theanarchistlibrary.org/mirror/r/rr/rudolf-rocker-anarchosyndicalism.lt.pdf "Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice. An Introduction to a Subject Which the Spanish War Has Brought into Overwhelming Prominence"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130083636/https://mirror.anarhija.net/theanarchistlibrary.org/mirror/r/rr/rudolf-rocker-anarchosyndicalism.lt.pdf |date=30 November 2020 }}. Retrieved 17 October 2020 – via The Anarchist Mirror!</ref>

Socialist law is the legal systems in [[communist state]]s such as the former [[Soviet Union]] and the [[People's Republic of China]].{{sfn|Markovits|2007}} Academic opinion is divided on whether it is a separate system from civil law, given major deviations based on [[Marxist–Leninist]] ideology, such as subordinating the judiciary to the executive ruling party.{{sfn|Markovits|2007}}<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=840224|pages=781–808|last1=Quigley|first1=J.|title=Socialist Law and the Civil Law Tradition|volume=37|issue=4|journal=The American Journal of Comparative Law|year=1989|doi=10.2307/840224}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=G. B. |chapter=Socialist Legality and the Soviet Legal System |title=Soviet Politics |date=1988 |publisher=Palgrave |isbn=978-0-333-45919-5 |pages=137–162 |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-19172-7_7 }}</ref>