Jeremy Bentham and Russia: A Historical and Legal Sketch

Autor: Andrey M. Lushnikov
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: History of state and law. 5:10-16
ISSN: 1812-3805
DOI: 10.18572/1812-3805-2021-5-10-16
Popis: The article provides the author’s analysis of the work of I. Bentham. The influence of his ideas on the implementation of reforms in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century, including the judicial reform of 1864, is shown. It is noted that from the ideological heritage of I. Bentham, such provisions as the independence of the judiciary, the need to codify the main branches of law, the priority of written law and the diminution of the role of legal custom, the equality of all before the law and the court regardless of class, the humanization of legal (primarily criminal) responsibility, the expansion of freedom of entrepreneurial activity in, etc. found a lively response in the Russian political elite and public consciousness.
Databáze: OpenAIRE