Why? Laws needed changing concerning property after Emancipation. Landowners needed protection for the newly free population.
What did this achieve? Equality of law. Defence councils could be hired for accused people. Judges were better trained and paid to avoid bribery. They were independant of political control. Juries were introduced. There was freedom of press with the law.
What were the limitations? Jury system could undermine government control. Trial by jury was not extended throughout the whole of Russia. Status still mattered. Military courts were excluded from these changes.
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