Volost Courts of the Russian Empire
The Role, Functions and Problems of Functioning in the Context of Reforms of the Second Half of the 19th Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21813616 |
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| Authors | Andrey V Melentev (0000-0002-1074-0841, Institute of Information Technologies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 64-69 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HISTORY OF STATE AND LAW (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1812-3805 |
| Publisher | The Publishing Group Jurist (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18572/1812-3805-2026-6-64-69 |
| OpenAlex | W7166813513 |
| Language | EN |
Volost courts, established in the Russian Empire as part of the peasant reform of 1861, played a key role in ensuring law and order and self-government of peasant communities. The article analyzes the prerequisites for the creation, functions, jurisdiction and organization of parish courts, as well as identifies their main problems. Special attention is paid to the impact of the reforms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the work of these judicial institutions
Empire · Jurisdiction · Peasant · Digital Transformation in Law · Psycholinguistics and Behavioral Studies · Social and Behavioral Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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