Проаналізовано творчий доробок професора Харківського, Київського, Одеського
та Петербурзького університетів П. П. Цитовича стосовно деяких аспектів права
Київської Русі. Основну увагу приділено його науковим поглядам щодо сімейно-шлюбних відносин і спадкового права в давньоруському законодавстві та порівнянню положень дослідження вченого з думками інших істориків права тих часів.
The subject matter of the research is the creative work of the professor of Kharkiv, Kyiv,
Odesa and St. Petersburg Universities P. P. Tsitovich related to some aspects of the law of
Kievan Rus. The novelty of the work is the fact that this problem in the historical and legal
literature has not been studied yet. For the first time, the author of the article has studied
the main aspects of scientific research accomplished by professor P. P. Tsitovich in the field
of civil law of the period of the Old Russian State. The author of this research has used
historical, formal and logical methods.
It has been discovered that the first sources were Russo-Byzantine treaties of the X
century, which were the beginning of his research; the author of the article has accomplished
a comparative analysis of his points of view on these issues as well as the opinions of his
contemporaries – scholars from other Universities; has analyzed his thoughts about testamentary
heritage in the Ancient Russia era.
It has been also established that P. P. Tsitovich concluded that the treaties between Rus
and Byzantine Empire of the X century are irrelevant for the history of Russian succession
law both in nature and through the confusion of the resolutions contained there. He believed
that they did not determine the system and procedure of inheritance. This point of view did
not coincide with the opinion of most law historians of that time.
P. P. Tsitovich also expressed his opinion about the general characteristics of the property
relations of the Kievan Rus era. He believed that the land itself did not have any value
in that era and it was only received as a household.
P. P. Tsitovich also expressed his opinion that the equal relations between men and
women in the family are possible, in case if a woman was not stolen and was not purchased,
but voluntary got married like in the equal to equal relationships.
The scholar’s work put forward two dogmas related to inheritance: 1) heirs – are children
in general, but the preference is given to men over women; 2) unmarried women have
the right to a part of the inheritance if there are brothers.
The works of P. P. Tsitovich in the sphere of succession law and marital relations of the
Kievan Rus era have a certain significance at the present time.
Проанализирована творческая наработка профессора Харьковского, Киевского,
Одесского и Петербургского университетов П. П. Цитовича по поводу некоторых
аспектов права Киевской Руси. Основное внимание уделено его научным взглядам касательно семейно-брачных отношений и наследственного права в древнерусском законодательстве и сравнению положений исследования учёного с мнениями других историков права того времени.