Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Copyright Page / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Preface / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Abbreviations / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 1 General Introduction / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 2 From the Council Code of 1649 to Peter the Great / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 3 The Legislation of Peter the Great / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 4 The Legislation of Peter's Successors / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 5 The Legislation of Catherine II the Great / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 6 The Legislation of Paul (1796-1801) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 7 The Legislation of Aleksandr I (1801-1825) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 8 The Legislation of Nikolai I (1825-1855) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 9 The Legislation of Aleksandr II (1855-1881) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 10 The Legislation of Aleksandr III (1881-1894) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 11 The Legislation of Nikolai II (1894-1917) and of the Provisional Government (1917) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 12 Public Law under Peter the Great / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 13 Public Law under the Successors of Peter the Great / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 14 Public Law in the First Half of the 19th Century: Aleksandr I and Nikolai I (1801-1855) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 15 Public Law in the Second Half of the 19th Century: Aleksandr II and Aleksandr III (1855-1894) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 16 Public Law in the 20th Century: Nikolai II (1894-1917) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 17 Public Law under the Provisional Government (1917) / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 18 Criminal Law in the 18th Century / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 19 Criminal Law in the 19th and 20th Century / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 20 Private Law in the 18th Century / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Chapter 21 Private Law in the 19th and 20th Century / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Appendix 1 Money and Measurements / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Appendix 2 Genealogical Tables / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Glossary of Russian Terms / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Index of Personal Names / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge -- Index of Subjects / Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge.

This book examines the development of Russian law from 1649 (the Council Code of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich) up to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Most of what happened during this eventful period found reflection in legislation and was in fact brought about by legislation. This applies to the fundamental reforms of the Russian state by Peter the Great, the abolition of serfdom and the agricultural reforms of the 1860's, the creation of a modern system of courts during the same period, and the hesitant introduction of a more democratic system of governance through the Constitution of 1906. The first part of this volume is devoted to a description of the development of Russian legislation during the 1649-1917 period, against the background of political and socio-economic developments; the second part goes into greater detail in a survey of the evolution of public law, criminal law and private law. The previous period of Russian legal history has been the subject of vol. 66 of Law in Eastern Europe: "A History of Russian Law. From Ancient Times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649" , Brill | Nijhoff, 2017.

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