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Author Feldbrugge, F. J. M. (Ferdinand Joseph Maria), 1933-

Title Law in Medieval Russia / by Ferdinand Feldbrugge
Published Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 334 pages)
Series Law in Eastern Europe, 0075-823X ; v. 59
Law in Eastern Europe ; no. 59.
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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Subject Law -- Russia -- History
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Law
Russia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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