The Procedure for the Administration of Civil Justice in the Grand Duchy of Finland

This article is devoted to the study of the specifics of the procedure for the administration of civil justice in the Grand Duchy of Finland.The research is based on such topics as: consideration of issues related to the stage of the Finnish lands becoming part of the Russian Empire, the position and status of the Grand Duchy of Finland within the Empire, the specifics of the local legislation of the region in the field of regulating the judicial system of the region, as well as key parameters of the administration of civil proceedings in the Grand Duchy.The authors pay sufficient attention to the issues of substantiating the reasons for the special autonomous status of the Finnish lands within the Russian state and the formation of local Finnish legislation in this regard.The authors have studied in detail the key normative legal acts of the Grand Duchy of Finland.The researchers are particularly interested in the legislation regulating the judicial system of this region.The central issue of the study is the organization of the judicial system and the procedure for the administration of civil proceedings in the Grand Duchy of Finland.The multi-stage system of Finnish courts and the issues of competence and jurisdiction of civil cases to the courts were studied in detail.In addition, the requirements for persons applying for judicial positions were considered.As a result, special characteristic features of the civil process carried out on the territory of Finland during its entry into the Russian Empire, its basic principles and key features were highlighted.The article draws conclusions regarding the comparison of the level of development of judicial proceedings in the Grand Duchy of Finland and the main part of the Russian Empire, as well as the level of accessibility of judicial protection of the rights and interests of citizens of the studied region.