Information on Data Sets



1. Case Data 

 

A. Variable Information: Characteristics Recorded for Case Data


1. 

Township Court

2. 

Province

3. 

Archival File

4. 

Sample type: Inclusive Dates, Number of Consecutive Cases, Location, etc.

5. 

Type of Case: Civil, Criminal, Other

6. 

Record Book Type

7. 

Date Case Heard by Court: Day, Month, Year

8. 

Name of Presiding Judge

9. 

Second Judge

10. 

Third Judge

11. 

Fourth Judge, If Any

12. 

Clerk's Name

13. 

Number of Plaintiffs

14. 

Plaintiff's Name: Family, First, Patronymic

15. 

Plaintiff's Status (Office, Function, Title, etc.)

16. 

Plaintiff's Estate

17. 

Plaintiff's Sex

18. 

Plaintiff's Village in Volost'

19. 

Plaintiff: Outside Volost’ Location

20. 

Plaintiff's Representative

21. 

Sex of Plaintiff's Representative

22. 

Plaintiff Present at Court

23. 

Plaintiff's Literacy (As indicated in record)

24. 

Plaintiff's Family Relationship to Defendant

25. 

Defendant's Family Relationship to Plaintiff

26. 

Second Plaintiff's Name: Family, First, Patronymic

27. 

Plaintiff 2's Status (Office, Function, Title, etc.) 

28. 

Plaintiff 2's Sex

29. 

Plaintiff 2's Village

30. 

Plaintiff 2's Outside Volost' Location

31. 

Plaintiff 2's Presence at Court

32. 

Plaintiff 2's Literacy (As indicated in record)

33. 

Plaintiff 2's Family Relationship to Defendant

34. 

Number of Defendants

35. 

Defendant's Name: Family, First, Patronymic

36. 

Defendant's Status (Office, Function, Title, etc.)

37. 

Defendant's Estate

38. 

Defendant's Sex

39. 

Defendant's Village

40. 

Defendant’s Outside Volost' Location

41. 

Defendant Representatives, Number

42. 

Defendant's Representative’s Sex

43. 

Defendant Present at Court

44. 

Defendant's Literacy (As indicated in record)

45. 

Defendant's Testimony

46. 

2nd Defendant's Name: Family, First, Patronymic

47. 

2nd Defendant's Status (Office, Function, Title, etc.)

48. 

2nd Defendant's Sex

49. 

2nd Defendant's Village

50. 

2nd Defendant’s Outside Volost' Location

51. 

2nd Defendant Present at Court

52. 

2nd Defendant's Literacy (As indicated in record)

53. 

Second Defendant's Testimony

54. 

2nd Defendant's Family Relationship to Plaintiff

55. 

Number of Witnesses

56. 

Official Testimony in Case

57. 

Witness 1: Sex

58. 

Witness 1: Literacy (As indicated in record)

59. 

Witness 1: Status (Collective or Individual)

60. 

Witness 1: Estate

61. 

Witness 1: Testimony

62. 

Witness 2: Sex

63. 

Witness 2: Literacy (As indicated in record)

64. 

Witness 2: Status (Collective or Individual)

65. 

Witness 2: Testimony

66. 

Witness 3: Sex

67. 

Witness 3: Literacy (As indicated in record)

68. 

Witness 3: Status (Collective or Individual)

69. 

Witness 3: Testimony

70. 

Primary Subject of Case

71. 

Secondary Subject (Amount or Object of Suit, Second Criminal Accusation)

72. 

Type 1st Subject Criminal Case by Chapter UN

73. 

Type 2st Subject Criminal Case by Chapter UN

74. 

Types of Criminal Cases (Personal Dignity, Public Welfare, Property Rights)

75. 

1st Statute Cited

76. 

2nd Statute Cited

77. 

3rd Statute Cited

78. 

Statute Numbers in Charge or Complaint

79. 

Documents Involved in Case

80. 

Origin of Case (Action)

81. 

2nd Origin of Case (Action; Inheritance and Wardship: From/Over Whom)

82. 

Origins of Civil Suits

83. 

Primary Object(s) of Controversy

84. 

Second Object(s) of Controversy

85. 

Request in Rubles of Plaintiff Or Amount of Theft in Criminal Cases

86. 

Request, Non-Monetary

87. 

Finding of Court

88. 

Decision/Sentence

89. 

Types of Civil Outcomes

90. 

Types of Criminal Outcomes

91. 

Types of Outcomes: All Cases

92. 

Decision Statute

93. 

First Criminal Statute Cited in Decision

94. 

First Charge is/is not Applicable Statute

95. 

Type of Misdemeanor, By Statute UN

96. 

Type First Decision Statute, Chapter UN

97. 

Second Criminal Statute Cited in Decision

98. 

1st Procedural Statute Cited in Decision

99. 

2nd Procedural Statute Cited in Decision

100.

3rd Procedural Statute Cited in Decision

101.

4th Procedural Statute Cited in Decision

102.

Money Amount in Rubles

103.

Arrest Sentence in Days

104.

Success for Plaintiff (in favor or by agreement)

105.

Fulfillment Record

106.

Where Documents Sent

107.

Decision Processed

108.

Date Decision Acted Upon

109.

Appeal

110.

Date Appeal Heard

111.

Appeal Result

112.

Date Fulfillment Recorded

113.

Authority Certifying Fulfillment of Decision

114.

Amount Paid

115.

Other Fulfillment of Decision

 

B. Variables Used in Statistical Analysis

 

1.

Township Court

2. 

Province

3. 

Type of Case

4. 

Date Case Heard by Court: Day, Month, Year

5. 

Number of Plaintiffs

6. 

Plaintiff's Status

7. 

Plaintiff's Estate

8. 

Plaintiff's Sex

9. 

Plaintiff's Village in Volost'

10. 

Plaintiff’s Outside Volost’ Location

11. 

Plaintiff Present at Court

12. 

Plaintiff's Literacy (As indicated in record)

13. 

Plaintiff's Family Relationship to Defendant

14. 

Plaintiff 2's Status

15. 

Plaintiff 2's Sex

16. 

Plaintiff 2's Village

17. 

Plaintiff 2's Outside Volost' Location

18. 

Plaintiff 2's Presence at Court

19. 

Plaintiff 2's Literacy (As indicated in record)

20. 

Plaintiff 2's Family Relationship to Defendant

21. 

Number of Defendants

22. 

Defendant's Status

23. 

Defendant's Estate

24. 

Defendant's Sex

25. 

Defendant's Village

26. 

Defendant’s Outside Volost' Location

27. 

Defendant's Sex

28. 

Defendant Present at Court

29. 

Defendant's Literacy (As indicated in record)

30. 

Defendant's Testimony

31. 

Number of Witnesses

32. 

Official Testimony in Case

33. 

Witness 1's Sex

34. 

Witness 1: Literacy (As indicated in record)

35. 

Witness 1: Status (Collective or Individual)

36. 

Witness1: Estate

37. 

Witness 2: Testimony

38. 

Witness 2: Testimony

39. 

Witness 3: Testimony

40. 

Primary Subject of Case

41. 

Documents Involved in Case

42. 

Origin of Case (Action)

43. 

Request in Rubles of Plaintiff Or Amount of Theft Charged in Criminal Cases

44. 

Finding of Court

45. 

Decision/Sentence

46. 

Money Amount in Rubles

47. 

Arrest Sentence in Days

48. 

Success for Plaintiff