2010
by Butler, William E., Tomsinov, Vladimir A., Editors
2010. ISBN-13: 9781584779926; ISBN-10: 1584779926. A New Five Language Edition of the Nakaz By William E. Butler and Vladimir A. Tomsinov Butler, William E., and Vladimir A. Tomsinov, Editors. The Nakaz of Catherine the Great: Collected Texts. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 2010. x, [11]-531 pp. ISBN-13: 9781584779926. ISBN-10: 1584779926. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * A major document of the Enlightenment, the Nakaz, or Instruction, composed by Catherine the Great served to guide the assembly summoned in 1766 to draft a new code of laws for the Russian Empire. Drawn from Montesquieu, Rousseau, and other Enlightenment thinkers, the Nakaz condemned torture (truncated)