Rules on legal liability in court proceedings in the Council code of 1649

The article analyzes the provisions of the Council Code of 1649 relating to the judicial procedure of that time and the rules of legal responsibility. In the XVII century in the Russian State (Russian Kingdom) of that time a fairly detailed system of rules governing the procedural order of disputes, as well as determining responsibility for its violation of both criminal and legal nature, and property character was formed. This period is characterized by a significant development of legal regulation, the allocation of rules governing the judicial process, the division of the judicial process into criminal and civil. The institution of legal liability has also significantly developed, there are many rules that define different types of procedural offenses of both parties to the dispute and judges. In addition, the Council Code of 1649 contained many rules on the prevention of procedural offenses in civil proceedings, and that is particularly interesting -the prevention of red tape, which tells us about the serious development of the trial at the time.