«Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire» as a Source of Research of Noble Guardianship of the South of Ukraine.

Abstract

The article discusses the specifics of the operation of the nobility guardianship in Southern Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire in the late XVIII – early XX centuries based on the «Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire», as one of the leading sources of carrier law of the time. Conducted a descriptive overview of the material to the analysis of basic legal norms in the test aspect. We prove the thesis that the regulation of the activity of noble guardianship was established appropriate legal framework.