Note 13 — Chapter I · GENERAL SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANDHOLDING IN RUSSIA.
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Corporal punishment for debts (pravyozh) is an institution of Russian law bearing the stamp of antiquity. It might perhaps flatter the Russian “national pride” to class this institution as one of the emanations of the “self-existent Russian spirit.” Unfortunately for the latter, this is a method of procedure common to many other nations at a certain stage of historical development.