Pjotr Pustoroslev (1854–1928) was a Russian lawyer. He was the rector of Tartu University from 1915 to 1917. He taught criminal law at Tartu University.

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 privat-docent 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 University of Dorpat; in 1915-1917 he was its

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. 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