GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION END OF XVI - XVII CENTURIES

Abstract

This article attempts to analyze the aggregate of certain regulations adopted in the reign of Fedor Ivanovich, Boris Godunov, False Dmitry and Vasily Shumsky. First of all, these rulers have taken measures to restore justice in the country, completely disturbed at the time of Tsar Ivan IV «oprichnina» events. The division of land in the devastation and land half, numerous relocations, touching not only farmers, but also landowners, led " devastation land," a drop of productivity and massive social confrontations. In subsequent years, Much has been done to restore the state of law and social cohesion. Not all succeeded, but regulations (decrees, sentences, Council Code) deserve careful reading and study, the more so that the historical and legal literature, the body of legislation has never paid attention taken in this direction, but in the meantime, they had a serious influence on the further development of law in Russia.