The Development of a Russian Legal Consciousness / Richard S. Wortman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wortman, Richard, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts--Soviet Union--History.

Courts.

Justice, Administration of--Soviet Union--History.

Justice, Administration of.

Lawyers--Soviet Union.

Lawyers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Until the nineteenth century, the Russian legal system was subject to an administrative hierarchy headed by the tsar, and the courts were expected to enforce, not interpret the law. Richard S. Wortman here traces the first professional class of legal experts who emerged during the reign of Nicholas I (1826 - 56) and who began to view the law as a uniquely modern and independent source of authority. Discussing how new legal institutions fit into the traditional system of tsarist rule, Wortman analyzes how conflict arose from the same intellectual processes that produced legal reform. He ultimately demonstrates how the stage was set for later events, as the autocracy and judiciary pursued contradictory-and mutually destructive-goals.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

General Introduction

I. Autocracy and the Law

II. The Men

III. Reform

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786613250407

9781283250405

1283250403

9780226907772

0226907775

OCLC:

1108985903