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Kievan Rus' law

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Kievan Rus' law, also called old Russian law or early Russian law, was the legal system of Kievan Rus', its successor principalities, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the thirteenth century onward. It drew on two main foundations, early Slavic customary practice and Zakon Russkiy, a body of custom partly recorded in the Rus'-Byzantine treaties, and some of its provisions share features with Germanic barbarian law codes such as Salic law. Its principal written sources were the Russkaya Pravda and the later Statutes of Lithuania. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. Wikipedia: Kievan Rus' law
Its main sources were early Slavic customary law and Zakon RusskiyView the Source
Kievan Rus' law (Wikipedia)
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    Kievan Rus' law or law of Kievan Rus', also known as old Russian law or early Russian law, was a legal system in Kievan Rus' (since the 9th century), in later Rus' principalities, and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 13th century.
  • In Group: Customary and Folk Law of Medieval Europe, Introduction, sentence 2
    Its main sources were early Slavic customary law and Zakon Russkiy (Law of Rus'), which was partly recorded in Rus', Byzantine Treaties.
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Church Statute of Prince Yaroslav (Wikipedia)
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is a source of church law in Kievan Rus'
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Russkaya Pravda (Wikipedia)
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The Russkaya Pravda (sometimes translated as Rus' Justice, Rus' Truth, or Russian Justice) was the legal code of Kievan Rus' and its principalities during the period of feudal fragmentation.
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