The Lawful Empire: Legal Change and Cultural Diversity in Late Tsarist Russia

ISBN-13: 9781108499439 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 310 str.

Stefan Kirmse

Opis

An analysis of law and imperial rule reveals that Tsarist Russia was far more 'lawful' than generally assumed.

Recenzje

'The book contains everything needed to acquaint the reader with its content, including maps, detailed lists of primary sources and secondary literature, and a remarkably well-crafted and useful index. Moreover, it provides new insight amidst the ever-growing literature on the regional history of both Crimea and Kazan Province, and on their Muslim communities in particular.' Michel Tissier, H-Soz-Kult-Zentralredaktion

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Minority rights and legal integration in the Russian empire; 2. Borderlands no more: Crimea and Kazan in the mid-nineteenth century; 3. Implementing legal change: new courts for Crimea and Kazan; 4. Images and practices in the new courts: the enactment of monarchy, modesty, and cultural diversity; 5. Seeking justice: Muslim Tatars go to court; 6. Confronting the state: peasant resistance over land and faith; 7. Dealing with unrest: crime and punishment in the 'crisis years' 1878–79; Conclusion.