Medicine, Law, and the State in Imperial Russia / / Elisa M. Becker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Becker, Elisa M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 Procedural Immunity: Medical Knowledge in the Age of Legal Certainty --; Chapter 2 On the Cusp of Reform: Making the Expert Scientific --; Chapter 3 Legal Mechanics: Carving Out a New Identity --; Chapter 4 Criminal Procedure in Social Context --; Chapter 5 Reform and the Role of Medical Expertise --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789639776876; 9783110780550
• DOI: 10.1515/9789639776876
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elisa M. Becker.

Examines the theoretical and practical outlook of forensic physicians in Imperial Russia, from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, arguing that the interaction between state and these professionals shaped processes of reform in contemporary Russia. It demonstrates the ways in which the professional evolution of forensic psychiatry in Russia took a different turn from Western models, and how the process of professionalization in late imperial Russia became associated with liberal legal reform and led to the transformation of the autocratic state system.