THE FORMING OF ELEMENTS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA AS A RESULT OF THE REFORMS OF THE 1860S

Author(s): Vidova T.A.

Rubric: Issues of theory and history of law

DOI: 10.21777/2587-9472-2024-3-15-22

Release: 2024-3 (43)

Pages: 15-22

Keywords: reforms of the 1860s, abolition of serfdom, zemstvo reform, judicial reform, class equality, military reform, school reform, civil society, civil responsibility

Annotation: The article discusses important aspects of the development of civil society in Russia. The institution of civil so- ciety is an integral attribute of any State governed by the rule of law. However, its formation is conditioned by the emergence of certain prerequisites in the political, social, economic and cultural spheres. In the history of Russia, these prerequisites occurred in the second half of the XIX century as a result of the reforms of Emperor Alexander II, which created the conditions for the forming of civil society. The aim of the author is to analyze the historical course of the country towards the forming of civil society; to consider the reforms of the 1860s in Russia in the context of the occurrence of prerequisites for the forming of civil society; to identify the essence of these prerequisites; to determine the role of reforms for the forming of civil society in Russia. During the study, historical, comparative legal, and formal legal methods were applied. The author concludes that the necessary conditions for the formation of civil society have emerged in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres in Russia, as well as the emergence of elements of civil society resulting from the reforms of the 1860s.

Bibliography: Vidova T.A. THE FORMING OF ELEMENTS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA AS A RESULT OF THE REFORMS OF THE 1860S // Journal of Legal Sciences. – 2024. – № 3 (43). – С. 15-22. doi: 10.21777/2587-9472-2024-3-15-22