Leontovich Fyodor Ivanovich

(1833 - 1911). After graduating from the course at Kiev University in the Faculty of Law, . received a master's degree for "Historical research on the Rights of the Lithuanian-Russian Jews" (Kiev, . 1863), . Ph.D. - for his thesis: "The ancient Croat-Dalmatian legislation" (Odessa, . 1868),
. Was professor of the history of Russian law in Novorossiysk, then at Warsaw University, where he held the chair until 1903, Mr.. In two articles, . published in the Journal of the Ministry of National Education ", . 1867, . ? 4, . and 1874, . ? 6 and 7, . Leontovich made with the theory zadruzhno-communal nature of the political life of ancient Russia and, . incidentally, . argued, . that under verv Russian Law should be understood family community,
. Most of the work devoted to the ancient Slavic Leontovich and particularly the Lithuanian-Russian law, in this latter area, it occupies a prominent place. Less successful explanation of his experiments on the effects of Tatar system and the right of the Moscow State, and in academic criticism, they met stiff opposition. The two made their experience of processing history of Russian law in the beginning to a halt. He published a bibliography on the history of Russian law is very useful. The list of his works in "Memoirs of the Society of History, Philology and Law at the University of Warsaw (Issue IV, 1908). - Wed. his obituary in the Article. OV. Taranovskiy ( "Legal Notes", 1911, # 1).