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Protection of Individual Honour and Dignity in Pre-Petrine Russian Law

Protection of Individual Honour and Dignity in Pre-Petrine Russian Law PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL HONOUR AND DIGNITY IN PRE-PETRINE RUSSIAN LAW by SERGE L. LEVITSKY (New York) 'For who will with equanimity bear even the slightest aspersion upon his honom?' Helmold, The Chronicle of The Slavs (XIIth century) Offences against individual honour and dignity were known and punished since the earliest days of recorded Russian law, although the concept of honour and dignity itself underwent a marked evolution in the course of the centuries. A. Xth - Xnith Centuries a. Treaties with Byzantium Tenth century treaties with Byzantium concluded by the Russian princes Oleg (911) and Igor (945)1) are usually regarded as the first, albeit very fragmentary, written record of the customary law of Kievan Russia. That this body of legal custom had con- tained some rules on the punishment of offences against individual honour is attested by the fact that while many provisions of the Byzantine treaties were part Russian and part Byzantine 2), 1) For general background on the treaties with Byzantium, see J. P. G. Ewers, Das Atteste Recht der Russen, Dorpat-Hamburg 1826, pp.118-132; M. Dyakonov, Ocherki Ohshchestvennago i Gosudarstvennago Stroya Drevnei Rusi, 2nd ed., St. Petersburg 1908, pp. 16-23; A. N. Filippov, Uchebnik Istorii Russkago http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit Brill

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© 1972 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0040-7585
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10.1163/157181972X00135
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PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL HONOUR AND DIGNITY IN PRE-PETRINE RUSSIAN LAW by SERGE L. LEVITSKY (New York) 'For who will with equanimity bear even the slightest aspersion upon his honom?' Helmold, The Chronicle of The Slavs (XIIth century) Offences against individual honour and dignity were known and punished since the earliest days of recorded Russian law, although the concept of honour and dignity itself underwent a marked evolution in the course of the centuries. A. Xth - Xnith Centuries a. Treaties with Byzantium Tenth century treaties with Byzantium concluded by the Russian princes Oleg (911) and Igor (945)1) are usually regarded as the first, albeit very fragmentary, written record of the customary law of Kievan Russia. That this body of legal custom had con- tained some rules on the punishment of offences against individual honour is attested by the fact that while many provisions of the Byzantine treaties were part Russian and part Byzantine 2), 1) For general background on the treaties with Byzantium, see J. P. G. Ewers, Das Atteste Recht der Russen, Dorpat-Hamburg 1826, pp.118-132; M. Dyakonov, Ocherki Ohshchestvennago i Gosudarstvennago Stroya Drevnei Rusi, 2nd ed., St. Petersburg 1908, pp. 16-23; A. N. Filippov, Uchebnik Istorii Russkago

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The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1972

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