Background
GOYKHBARG, Aleksandr was born in 1883.
GOYKHBARG, Aleksandr was born in 1883.
Company-ed, newspaper Novaya zhizn’: prior to Revol wrote, commentaries on contemporary novellae dealing with civil law. 1918 joined Bolsheviks. Worked for People's Commissariat of Justice.
1919 on Eastern Front. 1920 member, Siberian Revol Committee and Siberian Oblast Commissar of Justice. 1920 prosecutor at Omsk trial of Siberian Government ministers.
October 1920-1924 Collegium member, People's Commissariat of Justice and simultaneously member and chairman, Small Council of People's Commissar. 1921-1924 helped draft Soviet legislation for initial period of New Economy Policy and directed compilation of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Civil Code. In following years legal adviser, People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade.
Despite his dogmatic views and assistance with Soviet legislative policy, he was officially criticized for errors in assessing various legal trends and tendencies.