RAS History & PhilologyRussian archeology

  • ISSN (Print) 0869-6063
  • ISSN (Online)3034-5774

The Language of Peasant Justice in the Second Half of the 19th Century: From Oral to Written

PII
S0869-54150000395-7-1
DOI
10.31857/S50000395-7-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
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Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 6
Pages
142-154
Abstract
The article examines the role of written law in the post-reform era Russia and its penetration into the mostly oral peasant culture that drew on customary law norms in settling everyday legal matters. The author points attention to the variety of written legal acts that were becoming increasingly widespread in the peasant milieu. Having the weight of legal evidence, they were not infrequently used in courts of law. Owing to the 1864 reforms, the institutions of legal justice gradually assumed the role of channels through which official legal terms would be translated into an accessible language, thus being instrumental in strengthening the written form of law in the peasant social milieu.
Keywords
customary law, written law, legal culture, legal awareness, justice, post-reform era peasants
Date of publication
02.08.2025
Number of purchasers
1
Views
590

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