Ancient Russian Law. In 3 volumes. Volume 1. Territory and population

The next book of the "Russian Legal Heritage" series reproduces the text of the three-volume work of the Russian law-friendly historian V.I. Sergeevich (1832-1910) "antiquity of Russian rights. The text of the book is published according to the latest editions of the volumes of this work, published in 1908, 1909 and 1911.

The book of the Ancient Russian Law belongs to the number of the most significant works of Russian and historical and legal science for all the time of its existence. And its author deservedly occupies a place in a number of the largest scientific lawyers of Russia. Historian M.A. Dyakonov wrote about V.I. Sergeevich as a researcher: He is alone who knows how to notice the most characteristic features of the institute and to put forward and tie them, throwing out all the minor that surprisingly distinct schemes. In this he greatly helped his cutter - a wonderful downtime, accurate and bright language. All its definitions, characteristics, even small comments will remain forever classic samples for the historians of law.

The book is recommended for students, graduate students and teachers of legal and historical universities