Lawful Empire - Legal Change and Cultural Diversity in Late Tsarist Russia

An analysis of law and imperial rule reveals that Tsarist Russia was far more 'lawful' than generally assumed.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Minority rights and legal integration in the Russian empire; 2. Borderlands no more: Crimea and Kazan in the mid-nineteenth century; 3. Implementing legal change: new courts for Crimea and Kazan; 4. Images and practices in the new courts: the enactment of monarchy, modesty, and cultural diversity; 5. Seeking justice: Muslim Tatars go to court; 6. Confronting the state: peasant resistance over land and faith; 7. Dealing with unrest: crime and punishment in the 'crisis years' 1878-79; Conclusion.

About the author

Stefan B. Kirmse is a senior research fellow and research coordinator at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, and a senior lecturer at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is the author of Youth and Globalization in Central Asia (2013) and the editor of Youth in the Former Soviet South (2011) and One Law for All? (2012).

Summary

This book combines an analysis of law with a discussion of autocratic rule over a multicultural empire. It shows that Tsarist Russia was far more 'lawful' than generally assumed and sheds new light on the integration of Muslims by focusing on Crimea and the ancient Tatar capital of Kazan.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Kirmse, Stefan B Kirmse, Stefan B. Kirmse
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781108499439
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49943-9
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Eastern Europe, Russia, European History, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, LAW / Courts, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, LAW / Trial Practice, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, Legal History, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Law & society, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Law and society, sociology of law, HISTORY / Russia / General, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial