jan 1, 1864 - Legal Reforms

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- Salaries of Judges set high and given training
- Trials made public
- Trial by jury introduced
- Appeals courts set up
- Judges nominated by the Tsar but once in place were guaranteed independence as hard to remove them.
- Expected that oral evidence would be given in court and would be cross-examined
- Local Justices of the Peace elected by Zemstva for 3 years

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