The development of a Russian legal consciousness /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press,
2010
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| Edition: | Paperback ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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 ultimat. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 345 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-336) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226907772 0226907775 1283250403 9781283250405 9786613250407 6613250406 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
