Reform of the legal profession of 1864 in the national historiography

The basic stages of creation, legislative securing, as well as the future operation of the Institution of the bar in pre-revolutionary Russia during the Great reforms of 1861–1864 years have been reviewed in the article. Formal establishment and legal securing of the advocacy Institution in the course of the Great reforms was one of the most controversial moments in the national historiography. This article is devoted to the reform of the legal profession in 1864 in the Russian pre-revolutionary historiography. The relevance of this article is caused by the fact that the establishment of the advocacy Institution in Russia has not been studied yet by Russian scientists and jurists. The author of the work presents the study of different points of view on the legal securing of the Bar institution in the Russian pre-revolutionary historiography.

the legal profession, Russian pre-revolutionary legal profession, domestic historiography, establishment of the Institution of the Bar, the Great reforms, the jury attorneys