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A History of Russian Law: From Ancient Times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649

A History of Russian Law: From Ancient Times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649

Author: Ferdinand Feldbrugge
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004346420
Published In: October 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The beginnings of Russian law are documented by the Russo-Byzantine treaties of the 10th century and the oldest Russian law, the Russkaia Pravda.

The tempestuous developments of the following centuries (the incessant wars among the princes, the Mongol invasion, the rise of the Novgorod republic) all left their marks on the legal system until the princes of Muscovy succeeded in reuniting the country.

This resulted in the creation of major legislative monuments, such as the Codes of Ivan the Great of 1497 and of Ivan the Terrible of 1550. After the Time of Troubles the Council Code of the second Romanov Tsar, Aleksei, of 1649 became the starting point for the comprehensive Russian codification of the 19th century.

PART I: THE MIDDLE AGES (UNTIL 1497)

Chapter I: General Introduction

Sources

Chapter II: Sources

Chapter III: The Treaties with Byzantium. The Zakon Russkii

Chapter IV: The Russkaia Pravda or Russian Law

Chapter V: The Russkaia Pravda: The Expanded Pravda

Chapter VI: Princely Statutes

Chapter VII: Treaties

Chapter VIII: Town and Provincial Charters

Chapter IX: The Code (Sudebnik) of Ivan III of 1497

Chapter X: Foreign Laws