Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Russia

by Nancy Shields Kollmann

Book Overview

This is a magisterial account of the day-to-day practice of Russian criminal justice in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Nancy Kollmann contrasts Russian written law with its pragmatic application by local judges, arguing that this combination of formal law and legal institutions with informal, flexible practice contributed to the country's social and political stability. She also places Russian developments in the broader context of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107699762
• ISBN13: 9781107699762
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"