N. Petuhkov, Istoriia voennykh sudov Rossii [An History of Russian military courts], Moscow, Norma, 2005, 352 pages.

A book on military courts in Russia, what a good idea! We know little about these courts whose importance in jurisprudence and society is enormous given their wide-ranging jurisdiction and the weight of army in Russian history. Studies of law history are rare in Russia today and of mediocre quality. The strong interest for Russian law in North America, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany during Cold War vanished almost entirely. Alas! Petuhkov’s book is unable to fill the knowledge ga...