PUBLIC LIFE OF RIGHT BANK UKRAINE THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Review. Shevchuk A. Judicial power in the life of the society of Right Bank Ukraine (end of XVIII - first third of XIX centuries): monograph.  Zhytomyr: Evenok, 2022. 580 s. 
The article reviews the monograph of Andriy Shevchuk, devoted to the study of the judicial system of Right-Bank Ukraine after its incorporation into the Russian Empire.  Based on the study of a wide source base and the available special literature, the author reveals the policy of the Russian government in the annexed region, aimed at preserving social stability through concessions to the local elite thanks to the preservation of separate courts, law and official language of the now defunct Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.  Considerable attention is paid in the work to the construction of imperial justice, the characteristics of the personnel of the courts, and the study of judicial and procedural practices.