Lawful Empire

Lawful Empire

Legal Change and Cultural Diversity in Late Tsarist Russia

Kirmse, Stefan B.

Cambridge University Press

11/2019

334

Dura

Inglês

9781108499439

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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.
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.