PECULIARITIES OF IMPLEMENTING THE JUDICIAL REFORM OF 1864 IN EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST // Вестник БГУ. Юриспруденция. - 2023. №4. . - С. 5-13.

PECULIARITIES OF IMPLEMENTING THE JUDICIAL REFORM OF 1864 IN EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST

DOI: 10.18101/2658-4409-2023-4-5-13 UDK: 340 (091) (571.5)

The judicial reform adopted in the Russian Empire on November 20, 1864 was a revolutionary transformation of the judicial system and proceedings in the country. The reform proclaimed the principles of independence of judges, publicity, oral nature and competitiveness of the judicial process, and abolished сlass-based courts. However, due to a number of reasons (huge distances, uneven development of regions, their multinational and multireligious nature, the level of transport and communications development, as well as the lack of will of the ruling elite in the country with a centuries-old monarchical system), the reform was not carried out simultaneously throughout the country and had distortions and restrictions, which affected its implementation in Eastern Siberia and the Far East. The article attempts to highlight that process in the mentioned regions in chronological order, emphasizing the uniqueness of the reform of the judicial system and proceedings.

court, justice, judicial process, judicial system, legal proceedings, judicial reform, counter-reform, transitional provisions, Eastern Siberia and the Far East.