Zakharov, V.V. The instance system of the general civil courts in Russia in the fi rst half of the XIX century.

Abstract: This article is an experience of formation of the instance structure of the general civil courts in Russia in the first half of XIX century. The attention to the civil courts is due to the lack of their analysis in the historical legal science. At the same time, as the author of this article points out, the state and status of the civil courts was a great factor in the social and economical development of the society.