| Description |
xvi, 488 p. |
| Series |
New studies in European history
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foundations of criminal law -- The problem of professionalism : judicial staff -- Staff and society -- Policing officialdom -- Procedure and evidence -- Torture -- Resolving a case -- Petrine reforms and the criminal law -- Corporal punishment to 1648 -- Corporal punishment, 1649-98 -- To the exile system -- Peter I and punishment -- Capital punishment : form and ritual -- Punishing highest crime in the long sixteenth century -- Factions, witchcraft, and heresy - Riot and rebellion -- Moral economies : spectacles and sacrifice -- Peter the Great and spectacles of suffering -- Conclusion : Russian legal culture. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Criminal law -- Russia (Federation)
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Punishment -- Russia (Federation)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781107025134 (hardback) |
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9781139572811 (electronic bk.) |
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