Lectures on the history of Russian legislation

“Lectures on the history of Russian legislation” is one of the largest works of the famous Russian historian of law, the ordinary professor of the Imperial Moscow University in the Department of Russian Legislation Ivan Dmitrievich Belyaev (1810-1873) “Lectures” were published after his death and were prepared for the publication by the student and admirer of the personality and labors of Ivan Dmitrievich - S.A. Petrovsky.
This book for many years was the most significant work on the history of Russian legislation. I.D. Belyaev did not build powerful theoretical constructions, based, inter alia, on the huge array of primary sources he collected - letters, letters, official documents, etc. - He created a wide canvas of Russian legal life, laid the foundation of the science of the history of domestic law. Not only “lectures”, but also everything that Ivan Dmitrievich Belyaev wrote about Russian history was imbued with a sense of love for Russia and everything Russian. For some reason, the representatives of the Russian intelligentsia could not forgive the scientist, accused his essays of nationalist shades, and his consistent Slavic and Russophilian views were blamed