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- Title
Contract enforcement in Russian serf society, 1750-1860<sup>1</sup> Contract enforcement in Russian serf society, 1750-1860.
- Authors
Dennison, Tracy
- Abstract
This article examines questions about contract enforcement in the absence of formal legal institutions, using archival evidence for one particular rural society in pre-emancipation Russia. The evidence presented indicates that enforcement services provided by the local landlord made it possible for Russians from different socioeconomic and legal strata to engage in a wide variety of contractual transactions. However, this system had significant drawbacks in that the poorest serfs could not afford these services and no serf had recourse beyond his local estate.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; SERFDOM; HISTORY of contracts; LOANS; FAMILIES; RUSSIAN economy; HISTORY of courts; HISTORY; HUMAN services; RUSSIAN history
- Publication
Economic History Review, 2013, Vol 66, Issue 3, p715
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0289.2012.00661.x