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Author Burbank, Jane.

Title Russian peasants go to court : legal culture in the countryside, 1905-1917 / Jane Burbank.

Publication Info. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 374 pages) : charts, facsimiles, illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-353) and index.
Contents The peasant question and the law -- A litigious person and her possibilities -- A day at court -- All sorts of suits and disputes -- Small crime and punishment -- Peasant jurisprudence -- Legal recourse in a time of troubles -- A different justice?
Summary A study of the legal culture of Russian peasants in the closing years of the Russian Empire Russian Peasants. Jane Burbank's study of court records reveals engaged rural citizens who valued order in their communities and made use of state courts to seek justice and to enforce and protect order.
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Subject Justice, Administration of -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
Justice, Administration of.
Russia.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Peasants -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
Peasants -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Peasants.
Customary law -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
Customary law.
Russia (Federation) -- Rural conditions.
Russia (Federation)
Rural conditions.
Russia -- Rural conditions.
Chronological Term 1801-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Burbank, Jane. Russian peasants go to court. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2004 0253344263 (DLC) 2004002133 (OCoLC)54350071
ISBN 0253110297
9780253110299
9780253344267 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0253344263 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1282072250
9781282072251
0253344263