Nakaz of Catherine the Great

"A major document of the Enlightenment, the Nakaz, or Instruction, composed by Catherine the Great served to guide the assembly summoned in 1766 to draft a new code of laws for the Russian Empire. Drawn from Montesquieu, Rousseau, and other Enlightenment thinkers, the Nakaz condemned torture and capital punishment and endorsed such principles as the equality of all before the law. Published in the principal European tongues, it proved to be a statement to the world as much as a practical legal text"--Jacket.

Year

2010

Language

English

Publisher

Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Editions

1

Pages

531

ISBN

9781584779926

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