Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 334 pages) |
Series |
Law in Eastern Europe, 0075-823X ; v. 59 |
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Law in Eastern Europe ; no. 59.
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Contents |
Law's beginnings and early law -- The Russkaia Pravda -- Roman law in medieval Russia -- Land tenure, the Druzhina and the nature of Kievan Rus' -- Popular assemblies in early medieval Russia : the Veche in legal history -- The elder brother in Russia -- The treaties of medieval Russia -- Human rights in Russian legal history -- The Skra of Novgorod : legal contracts between Russia and western Europe in the middle ages -- Medieval law in Transcaucasia : on the periphery of European legal history |
Summary |
Much of what we know about the colourful Russian middle ages comes from legal sources: the treaties of Russian-Scandinavian warlords with the Byzantine emperors, and the activities of Hanseatic merchants in the wealthy city-republic of Novgorod. This work presents a discussion of more general questions of legal history and legal anthropology |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Law -- Russia -- History
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Law
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Russia
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789004180857 |
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9004180850 |
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9004169857 |
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9789004169852 |
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1282399683 |
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9781282399686 |
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9786612399688 |
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6612399686 |
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