History of International Law in Russia, 1647-1917

Summary: This book, first published in Russian in 1958, is an authoritative account of the development of international law scholarship in Russia up to the 1917 Revolution. Newly translated with extensive corrections, annotations, and a bibliography, Grabar's study is an exhaustive guide to Russian literature on the law of nations that places those writings and their authors in the larger context of contemporary political, di...plomatic, cultural, and economic developments of the period. It will be important reading for a wide range of lawyers, historians, and sovietologists. [read more]