Abstract
The article analyzes the peculiarities of the historical development of the volost courts in the Russian Empire of the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries in terms of considering marriage and family disputes. The features of interaction between customary law and general civil legislation relevant for the specified period and the shortcomings related to the procedural aspects of the performance by volost courts of their functions have been identified. It is concluded that the post-reform period was a transitional stage from the legal customs regulating the life of peasants by customary law to the corresponding laws and regulations and the subsequent formation of the branch of family law.
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