Ferdinand Feldbrugge

Ferdinand Feldbrugge
Feldbrugge in 1985
Born1933 (age 92–93)
The Hague, Netherlands
Academic background
Alma materUtrecht University
ThesisSchuld in het Sovjetstrafrecht [Guilt in Soviet Criminal law] (1959)
Academic work
InstitutionsLeiden University

Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge (born 1933) is a Dutch scholar that studies legal history of Russia. He is an emeritus professor at Leiden University.[1]

Biography

Feldbrugge was born in 1933 in The Hague, the Netherlands.[2] He received an LL.M. from Utrecht University in 1955 and defended his thesis there becoming a Doctor of Law in 1959.[2] Feldbrugge also performed counterintelligence work for the Dutch army.[3]

In 1967, he became a Professor of Law at Leiden University[4] and in 1972 headed the Institute of East European Law and Russian Studies there until 1998.[5] Feldbrugge served as a "Sovietologist in Residence" for the NATO chief from 1987 to 1989 and as President of the International Council for Central and East European Studies from 1995 to 2000.[5]

Feldbrugge visited the Soviet Union in 1973.[6]

Books

Author

  • Schuld in het Sowjet strafrecht [Guilt in Soviet criminal law] (in Dutch). Dekker & Van de Vegt. 1959. OCLC 16813948.
  • Soviet criminal law; general part. A.W. Sijthoff. 1964. OCLC 676942.
  • Samizdat and Political Dissent in the Soviet Union. Brill Publishers. 2024 [1975]. ISBN 9789004642522.
  • Russian law : the end of the Soviet system and the role of law. M. Nijhoff Publishers. 1993. ISBN 9780792323587.
  • Law in Medieval Russia. M. Nijhoff Publishers. 2009. ISBN 9789004180857.
  • A history of Russian law : from ancient times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649. Brill Nijhoff. 2018. ISBN 9789004346420.
  • A history of Russian law : from the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649 to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Brill Nijhoff. 2023. ISBN 9789004523043.

Editor

  • Encyclopedia of Soviet law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 1985 [1973]. ISBN 9789024730759.
  • Codification in the communist world : symposium in memory of Zsolt Szirmai (1903-1973). A.W. Sijthoff. 1975. ISBN 9789028601253.
  • The Constitutions of the USSR and the union republics : analysis, texts, reports. Sijthoff & Noordhoff. 1979. ISBN 9789028604896.
  • Perspectives on Soviet Law for The 1980's. Brill. 2024 [1982]. ISBN 9789004635524.
  • Ruling Communist parties and their status under law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 1986. OCLC 1097505161.
  • The Distinctiveness of Soviet law. Martinus Nijhoff. 1988. ISBN 9789024735761.
  • The Emancipation of Soviet law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 1992. ISBN 9780792314363.
  • Russian Federation legislative survey : June 1990-December 1993. M. Nijhoff. 1995. ISBN 9789004632936.
  • International and national law in Russia and Eastern Europe : essays in honor of George Ginsburgs. M. Nijhoff Publishers. 2001. ISBN 9789041116543.
  • Law in Transition. M. Nijhoff. 2002. ISBN 9789041119667.
  • Human Rights in Russia and Eastern Europe Essays in Honor of Ger P. Van Den Berg. M. Nijhoff. 2021. ISBN 9789041119513.
  • Public Policy and Law in Russia In Search of a Unified Legal and Political Space ; Essays in Honor of Donald D. Barry. M. Nijhoff. 2005. ISBN 9789004149168.
  • Russia, Europe, and the rule of law. Martinus Nijhoff. 2007. ISBN 9789047411642.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Ferdinand Feldbrugge". Leiden University. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b Rotondi, Mario (1973). Aims and methods of comparative law. CEDAM. p. 212. ISBN 0379000261.
  3. ^ Ginsburgs, George; D. Barry, Donald; B. Simons, William, eds. (1996). The Revival of Private Law in Central and Eastern Europe Essays in Honour of Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge. Brill Publishers. p. xiii. ISBN 978-07-92-32843-8.
  4. ^ "Europäische Wehrkunde, Wehrwissenschaftliche Rundschau". Vol. 36: 596. 1987.
  5. ^ a b J.M. Feldbrugge, Ferdinand; B. Simons, William (eds.). Human Rights in Russia and Eastern Europe Essays in Honor of Ger P. Van Den Berg. Brill Publishers. p. vii. ISBN 978-90-0448-020-9.
  6. ^ a b c Schapendonk, Nico (12 June 2019). "Jurist uit Zundert krijgt lintje van de Russen... Hoe zit dat?" [A lawyer from Zundert receives a Russian award... How is that possible?]. BN DeStem (in Dutch).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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