LEGAL REGULATION OF FOREIGN TRADE ACTIVITIES OF KIEVAN RUS AND RUSSIAN LANDS DURING THE PERIOD OF POLITICAL DISINTEGRATION

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to analyze a set of legal norms that governed the foreign trade of Kievan Rus and Russian lands during the period of political disintegration with foreign countries Methodology. The following research principles - historicism, objectivity, interconnection and interdependence of state-legal phenomena - were used as the methodological basis of the work; the comparative legal method, a concrete historical approach, as well as analysis and abstract methods were used in the work. Conclusions. The study allows us to conclude that the legal norms that served as the basis for foreign trade between Russian and foreign merchants were mainly contained in various international treaties that were concluded by Kievan Rus from ancient times, and then by individual Russian lands with foreign states in a period of political disintegration. A number of provisions of international treaties governing various aspects of the foreign trade activities of Kievan Rus, and then of the Russian lands during the period of political disintegration, had significant similarities with the legal norms of Old Russian law. At the same time, international treaties also included legal norms that were the result of an agreement between the parties and which aimed to regulate the mutual interests of both Russian and foreign merchants. Practical significance. The conclusions on the historical experience of the legal regulation of foreign trade of Kievan Rus and Russian lands during the period of political disintegration with foreign countries can be used in the teaching of legal disciplines.

foreign trade, foreign economic activity, merchants, customary law, Russian Pravda, Russo-Byzantine agreement, coastal law, customs duties, Hansa, Skra