DUDICIAL PRACTICES OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLES OF THE NORTH-EAST OF ASIA IN THE STUDIES OF THE IRGS
https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2022.12.54.002
Abstract
The article considers the activities of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society and its departments for the study of the social structure and legal life of the indigenous peoples of the North-East of Asia. The article characterizes the democratic programmatic goals for the study of the customary law of the peoples of Russia in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries, their significance and relevance for the realities of modern life. Russian social thought in the second half of the 19th century was characterized by a respectful and careful attitude to the way of thinking and life of the peoples of Russia. The article introduces some of the largest works, valuable conclusions of researchers – leaders of the IRGS and its departments on customary law. Their contribution to the preservation of unique artifacts of the legal life of the indigenous peoples of the North, which, due to the uniqueness of their life activity, still preserve the foundations of customary law, is assessed. The article states that the rich factual material collected during the expeditions and observations of the IRGS and its departments made it possible to draw correct conclusions about the interaction of customary law and elements of the Russian state system and the need to preserve elements of customary law for the everyday life of the population, because they personify the worldview peoples, their worldview.
About the Author
Tatyana Nikolaevna OgleznevaRussian Federation
Oglezneva, Tatyana Nikolaevna – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of Department of Civil Law and Process
Yakutsk
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For citations:
Oglezneva T.N. DUDICIAL PRACTICES OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLES OF THE NORTH-EAST OF ASIA IN THE STUDIES OF THE IRGS. Arctic XXI Сentury. 2022;(3):22-34. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2022.12.54.002