The lawful empire : legal change and cultural diversity in late Tsarist Russia / Stefan B. Kirmse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirmse, Stefan B. (Stefan Bastian), 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

History.

Rule of law.

Justice, Administration of.

Law.

Politics and government.

Russia--Politics and government--History--19th century.

Russia.

Law--Russia--History--19th century.

Justice, Administration of--Russia--History--19th century.

Rule of law--Russia--History--19th century.

Cultural pluralism--Russia--History--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"The Russian Empire and its legal institutions have often been associated with arbitrariness, corruption, and the lack of a "rule of law." Stefan B. Kirmse challenges these assumptions in this important new study of empire-building, minority rights, and legal practice in late tsarist Russia, revealing how legal reform transformed ordinary people's interaction with state institutions from the 1860s to the 1890s. By focusing on two regions that stood out for their ethnic and religious diversity, the book follows the spread of the new legal institutions into the open steppe of Southern Russia, especially Crimea, and into the fields and forests of the Middle Volga region around the ancient Tatar capital of Kazan. It explores the degree to which the courts served as instruments of integration: the integration of former borderlands with the imperial centre and the integration of the empire's internal "others" with the rest of society"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108499439

1108499430

9781108730631

1108730639

OCLC:

1105322035