PrefaceAbbreviations1 General Introduction1 Excursion on Customary Law2 The Sources3 Periodization4 General Tendencies5 The Evolution of Russian Jurisprudence6 Some Concluding Thoughts2 From the Council Code of 1649 to Peter the Great1 General Overview2 Legislation in the Second Half of the 17th Century3 The Ownership and Use of Land4 Foreign Relations5 Other Legislation3 The Legislation of Peter the Great1 Introduction2 Adoption of the Title of Emperor in 17213 Legislation4 Succession to the Throne5 Central Government6 The Table of Ranks7 Provincial and Local Government8 Criminal Law9 Civil Status10 Church and State4 The Legislation of Peter's Successors1 The Succession of Peter the Great2 Ekaterina (Catherine) I Skavronska3 Peter II4 Anna5 Ivan VI6 Elizaveta7 Development of the Law in the Post-Petrine Years8 The Organization of the State9 Succession to the Throne10 Central Government11 The Legislative Process12 Provincial and Local Government13 Other Public Law Subjects14 Foreign Trade15 Foreign Relations16 Civil Law17 Criminal Law5 The Legislation of Catherine II the Great1 The Succession of Catherine II2 Legislation and Catherine's Nakaz3 Central Government4 Regional and Local Government5 Legislation Concerning Specific Regions and Ethnic Groups6 Landowners and Nobility7 Criminal Law8 Commercial Law9 Education10 Censorship and Dissent; the French Revolution6 The Legislation of Paul (1796--1801)1 Historical Overview2 Legislation3 Succession4 Malta5 Government6 Georgia7 Poland8 Urban Government9 Serfdom10 Foreigners and Foreign Trade11 Education and the Arts12 Bankruptcy7 The Legislation of Aleksandr I (1801--1825)1 Historical Overview2 Succession3 Legislative Process; Mikhail M. Speranskii4 Central Government5 Other Public Law Subjects Concerning Government6 Provincial and Urban Government7 Regional Government8 Nobility (Dvorianstvo)9 Landowners and Peasants10 Criminal Law11 Other Public Law Topics12 Civil Law13 Commerce14 Foreign Relations8 The Legislation of Nikolai I (1825--1855)1 The Emperor's Personality2 General Overview of the Period3 Central Government4 The Full Collection of Laws and the Compilation (Collection) of Laws5 Civil Service6 Regional Government7 The Problem of Serfdom8 Commerce9 Industry10 Criminal law9 The Legislation of Aleksandr II (1855--1881)1 General Overview2 The Abolition of Serfdom3 The Establishment of Zemstva4 Judicial Reform5 Police6 Finance10 The Legislation of Aleksandr III (1881--1894)1 General Considerations2 Samoderzhavie at the End of the Russian Empire3 Pobedonostsev4 Criminal Law5 Police Legislation6 Finance7 Other Public Law Subjects11 The Legislation of Nikolai II (1894--1917) and of the Provisional Government (1917)1 General Considerations2 The Constitutional Reforms of 1905--19063 Police Legislation and Criminal Law and Procedure4 Legislation Concerning Religion5 The Agricultural Reforms of Stolypin6 The Collapse of the Russian Empire in 19177 The Provisional Government12 Public Law under Peter the Great1 Introduction2 The Position of the Monarch3 Succession4 The Government5 The Procuracy6 Legislation7 The Colleges8 Civil Service9 Provincial and Local Government10 Taxation11 Courts and Justice12 Church and State13 Public Law under the Successors of Peter the Great1 Succession and the Position of the Monarch2 Government3 Procuracy4 Courts and Justice5 Legislation6 The Nobility (Dvorianstvo)7 Civil Service8 Provincial Government9 Local Government10 Taxation11 Church and State12 Education and Culture13 Foreign Relations14 Public Law in the First Half of the 19th Century: Aleksandr I and Nikolai I (1801--1855)1 The Monarch2 Central Government3 Courts and Justice4 Legislation5 Civil Service6 Provincial Government7 Local Government8 Nobility9 Landowners and Peasants10 Commerce11 Church and State12 Censorship13 Education and Culture14 Foreign Relations15 Public Law in the Second Half of the 19th Century: Aleksandr II and Aleksandr in (1855--1894)1 Introduction2 The Abolition of Serfdom and Its Ramifications3 The Judicial Reforms of 18644 Provincial and Local Government5 Police6 Public Finance and Taxation7 Education16 Public Law in the 20th Century: Nikolai II (1894--1917)1 Introduction2 The Constitutional Reforms of 1905--19063 Finland4 Religion5 Regional Government6 The Agricultural Reforms of Stolypin7 Criminal Law8 The Finale of the Russian Empire17 Public Law under the Provisional Government (1917)1 Introduction2 The Course of Events3 The Central State Bodies4 Elections5 The Courts and Law Enforcement6 Civil Rights7 Local Government8 The Economic Policy of the Provisional Government9 The Dismantling of the Multi-national Russian Empire18 Criminal Law in the 18th Century1 Introduction2 Developments after the Council Code3 Artikul Voinskii, the Military Law of Peter the Great4 The Maritime Statute5 Criminal Procedure19 Criminal Law in the 19th and 20th Century1 Developments up to 18452 The Code of Criminal and Correctional Penalties of 18453 Criminal Law After the Code of 1845 and Until the Code of 19034 The Criminal Code of 19035 Criminal Law up to 19176 Criminal Procedure7 The Criminal Procedure Statute of 18648 The Criminal Law of the Provisional Government20 Private Law in the 18th Century1 Introduction2 Persons3 Social Classes: Nobility4 Social Classes: The Clerical Class5 Social Classes: Urban Inhabitants6 Serfs7 Votchiny and Pomest'ia8 Family and Inheritance Law9 Commercial Law21 Private Law in the 19th and 20th Century1 Introduction2 Persons3 Landowning4 Commercial Law5 The Draft Civil Code of 19056 Civil ProcedureAppendix 1 Money and MeasurementsAppendix 2 Genealogical TablesGlossary of Russian TermsIndex of Personal NamesIndex of Subjects