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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783407803321

Autore

Burbank Jane

Titolo

Russian peasants go to court [[electronic resource] ] : legal culture in the countryside, 1905-1917 / / Jane Burbank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-07225-0

9786612072253

0-253-11029-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

347.47/02

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - Russia - History - 20th century

Peasants - Legal status, laws, etc - Russia - History - 20th century

Customary law - Russia - History - 20th century

Russia Social conditions 1801-1917

Russia Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-353) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The peasant question and the law -- A litigious person and her possibilities -- A day at court -- All sorts of suits and disputes -- Small crime and punishment -- Peasant jurisprudence -- Legal recourse in a time of troubles -- A different justice?

Sommario/riassunto

""... will challenge (and should transform) existing interpretations                of late Imperial Russian governance, peasant studies, and Russian legal                history."" -- Cathy A. Frierson""... a major contribution                to our understanding both of the dynamic of change within the peasantry and of legal                development in late Imperial Russia."" -- William G.                WagnerRussian Peasants Go to Court brings into focus the legal                practice of Russian peasants in the township courts of the Russian empire from 1905