Rational and irrational in the customary legal support of the economic life of the russian peasantry (on the example of mordvins)

Mordovian, however, like the Russian village, was a closed world, the internal life of which, including the economy, was regulated by the original system of institutions of self-government on the basis of customary law. Customs that combined both rational and irrational elements were substantiated by deep-rooted views on economic solidarity, mutual assistance, partnership, which was reflected in the practice of contracts, the activities of labor unions, waste management, and other areas of economic life.

customary law, Mordvins, peasantry, economy, commune, religious beliefs