Zhiryaev Alexander Stepanovich

After graduating from the course in the main teachers' training college, was appointed a senior teacher of Russian language and literature at Tartu school. In 1842, Mr.. sent abroad for enhancements of jurisprudence and the study of Slavic Antiquities ". In 1846, Mr.. took in Dorpat chair of Russian law, I embrace the right of the state, criminal and civil. Master's thesis entitled: "On the confluence of several criminals in the same crime," Zhiryaev defended in St. Petersburg University in 1850, Mr.. In 1855, Mr.. for the essay "The theory of evidence" obtained a doctorate. Before he died a short time in the department of civil law at St. Petersburg University. After the death of his pupils Zhiryaeva issued common part of the course of criminal law, read them in Dorpat, and put it in 1863. in the "Legal Gazette. Best work Zhiryaeva - "The theory of evidence" is not lost and is now known values. The writing is on the confluence "(complicity) in time a valuable contribution to science and is a reflection of the subjective areas of criminal law that prevailed in the 40's and 50-ies in Germany, under the influence of Hegelian philosophy. G. S.