- •V.V. Vakhnenko
- •Lecture course
- •Lecture 1. The state and the law of kievan rus’ (4 hrs)
- •1. The formation of Kievan Rus’. Norman theory of developing statehood of the Eastern Slavs. Princess Olga’s financial-administrative reform.
- •2. Baptism of Kievan Rus’ and its importance for the development of statehood.
- •3. Political system of Kievan Rus’.
- •4. Social structure of Kievan Rus’
- •5. Stages of development of legal system in Kievan Rus’.
- •7. Crimes and punishments.
- •8. Court system and judicial process.
- •Lecture 2. Period of feudal fragmentation of kievan rus’ (2 hrs)
- •The reasons of feudal fragmentation of Kievan Rus’.
- •2. Statehood and law of the Vladimir principality and the role of the grand-ducal government in strengthening the state.
- •3. The main features of the republican system of the Great Novgorod
- •The Pskov Judicial Charter
- •The Novgorod Judicial Charter
- •The Novgorod Judicial Charter [5]
- •Lecture 3. The state and law of russia in the period of centralization (XIV-XVI centuries) (2 hrs)
- •1. Prerequisites of formation of centralized Russian state
- •2. The system of government
- •3. Social structure.
- •4. The Muscovite Sudebniki
- •5. Court system according to Sudebniki
- •7. Codifications of the law
- •Lecture 4. The state and law in russia state in the period of formation of absolutism (XVII – beginning of XX centuries)
- •1. Prerequisites of formation and legalization of absolutism
- •2. The social structure
- •3. State apparatus
- •4. The military and judicial reforms of Peter I
- •5. Other reforms of Peter the Great:
- •Education reform
- •Culture reform
- •6. Development of the law during the period of absolute monarchy:
- •7. The main features of the law
- •Lecture 5. Reforms, reaction, and revolution
- •1. Emancipation and the Great Reforms
- •2. The Great Reforms
- •3. Alexander III and the Counter-Reforms
- •4. State administration
- •5. The Ruling- Senate.
- •6. The Holy Ruling Synod.
- •5. Russia Confronts the 20th Century
- •6. War and Revolution, 1904–1906
- •7. The Duma and the Wager on the Strong
- •8. A Decade of Contrasts, and World War I
- •Manifesto of October 17th, 1905 [7]
- •Manifesto of June 3rd, 1907 (Dissolution of the Second Duma) [7]
- •Imperial Manifesto of June 3, 1907
- •Seminar programme
- •List of recommended sources
- •Review seminar questions:
- •Glossary
- •Chronology
- •Imperial Russia
- •Content
Seminar programme
Theme 1. The origins of Kievan Rus’: formation (4 hrs)
The formation of Kievan Rus’ (theories).
Princess Olga’s reforms.
Adoption of Orthodox Christianity by Vladimir the Great.
The role of the Veche in managing the state.
Central government of Kievan Rus’.
System of local administrating of Kievan Rus’.
Legal position of free population in IX – XII centuries.
Legal status of zakups, holops and izgoys.
Sources of law in Kievan Rus’.
The characteristic of agreements between Rus and Byzantium.
The main features of statutes of Grand Princes Vladymir and Yaroslav.
The characteristic of Russian Truth and its editions.
Criminal law according to the Russian Truth.
Organization of the court system in Kievan Rus’.
The main features of procedural law.
SOURCES:
The Cambridge history of Russia, 3 vols. / edited by Maureen Perrie. – Cambridge, 2006. – Vol. I. – 824 p.
Feldbrugge, F. J. M. (Ferdinand Joseph Maria), 1933 – Law in Medieval Russia / By Ferdinand Feldbrugge. – Leiden-Boston, 2009 – 365 p.
Kort M. A Brief history of Russia / Michael Kort. – New York, 2008. – 335 p.
Encyclopedia of Russian history / James R. Millar, editor in chief. – THOMSON – GALE. – New York, 2004. – 1930 p.
Muzychenko P.P. History of state and law of foreign countries. P.2. / P.P. Muzychenko, K.N. Vitman. – Odessa, 2007
The Contest for the Legacy of KievanRus’ (Boulder, Colo: East European Monographs, 1998)
Theme 2. Kievan Rus’ in the period of feudal fragmentation (XII – XIV centuries) (2 hrs)
The reasons of feudal fragmentation of Kievan Rus’.
Emergens of new principalities.
Differences between republican and monarchical system of governance.
Law according to the Pscov JJudicial Charter:
Civil law
Criminal law
Legal process.
The Novgorod Judicial Charter: main characteristic.
SOURCES:
The Cambridge history of Russia, 3 vols. / edited by Maureen Perrie. – Cambridge, 2006. – Vol. I. – 824 p.
Kort M. A Brief history of Russia / Michael Kort. – New York, 2008. – 335 p.
Kelly W.K. The history of Russia from the earliest period to the present times, 2 vols. / Walter K. Kelly. – London, 1953. – 532 p.
Isaev I.A. History of state and law of Russia, 3rd edition / I.A. Isaev. – M.: Jurist, 2004. – 797 p.
Theme 3. The rise of Moscovy state (2 hrs).
Prerequisites of formation of centralized Russia State.
The role of Church in streightening of state.
The system of government:
The competence of the Tzar
The sovereign’s court
Chancellery system
Assambly of the land and Land Council.
Local government administration
Social structure of Moscovy State.
Sources of law in XVI – XVII centuries.
Court system in moscovy state.
Crimes and punishments according to Sudebniki
Codification of law in XVII century.
SOURCES:
Fennel, J. L. I. The Crisis of Medieval Russia, 1200–1304. London: Longman, 1981.
Blum, Jerome. Lord and Peasant in Russia. New York: Atheneum, 1965.
Kivelson, Valerie A., ‘Muscovite “Citizenship”: Rights without Freedom’, Journal of Modern History 74 (2002): 465–89.
Isaev I.A. History of state and law of Russia, 3rd edition / I.A. Isaev. – M.: Jurist, 2004. – 797 p.
Theme 4. Formation of absolutism in Russia (2 hrs).
The formation of absolutism in Russia.
The social structure in the period of absolutism: legal reglamentation of class division.
Legal status of peasantry.
Legal status of nobility.
Reforming of thecentral government.
Local govenment.
The reforms of Peter I and their legal reglamentation:
Military reform;
Judicial reform;
Monetary reform;
Religion reform;
Educational reform;
Culture reform;
Developing of the law in XVIII century.
SOURCES:
Russia in the Reign of Peter the Great: Old and New Perspectives (hereafter, RRP) (Cambridge: SGECR, 1998), pp. 161–72
Craft J. The Petrine Revolution in Russian Imagery / J. Craft // Chicago: university of Chicago Press, 1997
The Cambridge history of Russia, 3 vols. / edited by Dominic Lieven. – Cambridge, 2006. – Vol. II. – 806 p.
Anderson P. Lineages of the absolutist state / Perry Anderson – Verso, 1974. – 573 p.
Isaev I.A. History of state and law of Russia, 3rd edition / I.A. Isaev. – M.: Jurist, 2004. – 797 p.
Theme 5. Russian Empire in the period of Grand Reforms (2 hrs).
Prerequisites of providing reforms.
Grand Reforms:
Pesant reform;
Land reform;
University reform;
Judicial reform;
Military reform;
State administration:
The Council of State.
The Plenary Assembly
The Committee of Ministers.
The Ruling- Senate.
The Holy Ruling Synod.
The ministries.
Prerequisites of Revolution 1905
Esteblishing the Duma and Parliament and its importance.
Collapse of the Empire.
SOURCES:
Lincoln, W. Bruce. The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias. New York: Dial Press, 1981.
The Cambridge history of Russia, 3 vols. / edited by Dominic Lieven. – Cambridge, 2006. – Vol. II. – 806 p.
Isaev I.A. History of state and law of Russia, 3rd edition / I.A. Isaev. – M.: Jurist, 2004. – 797p.
Batalina V.V. A short course on the history of the State and Law of Russia: Textbook. Guide to Moscow / V.V. Batalina: Okay-Book, 2007. – 176 p.
Gatrell, P. A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in the Russian Empire During the First World War. Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1999.
Dukes P. The making of Russian absolutism, 1613-1801 / Paul Dukes. – Longman, 1990. – 240 p.