The Moral and Legal Rules of the Arbitration Court Statute of G.R. Derzhavin: Sources and Commentary

Abstract

The primary thesis of the project for an arbitration court of conscience of the first Russian Minister of Justice G.R. Derzhavin was reconciliation (amicable agreement) based on moral norms and customary law (Derzhavin referred to this as the “amicable resolution of disputes”) within the existing judicial system and under the executive power in the provinces and the Senate. The goal is to make civic virtues and morality a state policy for justice, as directed by Catherine II, as the universal law of justice.