Pjotr Pustoroslev (1854–1928) was a Russian lawyer. He was the

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from 1915 to 1917. He taught criminal law at

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Biography

Pustoroslev was born on January 22, 1854 into the noble family of the . He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the

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. As a

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for seven years he taught prison studies at

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. In the journal No. 12 for 1891, he published a large article telling about the . He received a master's degree for his dissertation: ''Понятие о незаменимой саморасправе как учреждении уголовного права'', (The concept of indispensable self-destruction as an institution of criminal law), a doctorate degree for the dissertation: ''Анализ понятия о преступлении'', (Analysis of the concept of crime). He was a professor of criminal law, dean of the Faculty of Law of the

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; in 1915-1917 he was its rector. He left Tartu in 1918 due to the evacuation of the university to

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. He died in

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, buried at the

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Selected writings

* ''Criminalité et imputabilité'' (Yuriev: Matthiesen, 1899
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* ''Анализ понятія о преступленіи'' (Moscow: 1892
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References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pustoroslev, Pjotr 1854 births 1928 deaths Academic staff of the University of Tartu Rectors of the University of Tartu Russian lawyers