Koni, A. F.

Koni, A. F. «In Recent Years. Court Speeches (1888–1896). Memoirs and Communications. Legal Notes.» — Saint Petersburg: Printing House of A. S. Suvorin, 1896, 623 p.

A lifetime edition. The collection includes court speeches delivered by the author in the Criminal Cassation Department of the Governing Senate in 1888–1896, as well as memoirs and legal notes from his practice.

The publication contains unique material on judicial practice and public life in Russia at the end of the 19th century.

Anatoly Fedorovich Koni (1844–1927) was a Russian jurist, court orator, statesman and public figure, writer, senator, member of the State Council, and honorary academician of the Academy of Sciences in the category of belles-lettres. He is known as the author of numerous works on jurisprudence and memoirs about Chekhov, Tolstoy, Nekrasov and other contemporaries.