New Courts in Late Tsarist Russia: On Imperial Representation and Muslim Participation
Journal: Journal of Modern European History
Year: 2013

New Courts in Late Tsarist Russia: On Imperial Representation and Muslim Participation This article explores the new circuit courts introduced in late tsarist Russia in the 1860s as an interactive space in which jurists and ordinary subjects of the Empire shaped and experienced state policy. Furthermore, by focusing on Crimea and Kazan, two regions that were home to significant numbers of Muslim Tatars, it considers the court system as a point of entry into the study of imperial rule over ethnic