Civilians in Russian Military Courts, 1881-1904

This article was previously published in the Russian Review, Vol. 41, No. 3. (Jul., 1982), pp. 288-305. It is reprinted in our journal with the Blackwell Publishing’s authorization.Clemenceau is supposed to have remarked once that "military justice is to justice as military music is to music." This salty analogy encapsulates the popular conception of military courts in Europe at the turn of the century. In the public mind the courts were presumed to be arbitrary tribunals in which due process...