The role of D. V. Stasov in the development of Russian jurisprudence

Russian jurisprudence has a long history of development in which individuals play an important role: lawyers, human rights activists, cauncels. One of these lawyers is Dmitry Vasilyevich Stasov (1828-1918). The publication discusses the personality and professional activity of Stasov. The main focus of the authors is on his role in the judicial reform of 1864 and the formation of the jury bar, as well as its participation in the public life of the country. © 2019 Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Istorii (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of General Hist. All rights reserved.