The Transformation of Chancellery Practices in Judicial Proceedings of the Russian Empire in the Late XIX to the Early XX Century

“Clerical techniques” in judicial proceedings are its integral part; through their implementation, the temporal features of the organization of the documenting and clerical system are fully determined. In the late XIX — early XX centuries, in the course of analyzing the introduction of judicial reform in 1864, against the backdrop of an objectively developing global process of the formation of anthropogenic civilization, a need arose to discuss the «stationery techniques» that had developed in Russia. The innovative ideas of this period were focused on practical feasibility and convenience in the process of ensuring legal proceedings. Some of the proposals have found their practical implementation.