Russia and Roman Law : [Rezension zu: Martin Avenarius, Fremde Traditionen des römischen Rechts. Einfluß, Wahrnehmung und Argument des ›rimskoe pravo‹ im russischen Zarenreich des 19. Jahrhunderts, Göttingen: Wallstein 2014, 776 S., ISBN 978-3-8353-1541-9]

  • The question of Russia’s European identity has traditionally been controversial. Usually, the country is either defined as belonging to Eastern Europe in a narrower sense or, contrarily, totally excluded from the concept of Europe. From the times of Czar Peter the Great (1689–1725), Russia acquired the unquestioned status of a European power; however, despite the "enlightened" reforms of Empress Catherine the Great (1762–1796), its society remained feudal, its economy backward and its government autocratic. Right up until its collapse, the Russian Empire was decidedly less urbanized and less advanced in agriculture in comparison not only with the West but also with East-Central Europe. ...

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Author:Tomasz Giaro
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-544566
DOI:https://doi.org/10.12946/rg23/309-319
ISSN:1619-4993
ISSN:2195-9617
Parent Title (Multiple languages):Rechtsgeschichte = Legal history
Publisher:Max-Planck-Inst. für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte
Place of publication:Frankfurt, M.
Contributor(s):Thomas Duve, Stefan Vogenauer
Document Type:Review
Language:English
Year of Completion:2015
Year of first Publication:2015
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2020/04/15
Volume:23
Page Number:12
First Page:309
Last Page:319
Note:
Dieser Beitrag steht unter einer Creative Commons cc-by-nc-nd 3.0
HeBIS-PPN:464009723
Institutes:Rechtswissenschaft / Rechtswissenschaft
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 340 Recht
9 Geschichte und Geografie / 94 Geschichte Europas / 940 Geschichte Europas
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0