Responsibility for the military crimes in the Mongol Empire of the 13th century (on a base of legal monuments of the Yuan Dynasty)

The article analyzes the military crimes and punishments provided by the law of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, namely the «Five Provisions» of Genghis Khan of 1211, the decree («laws») of Khan Ugedei of 1234, the «code» of Emperor Khubilai of 1280 and the code of laws «Zhiyuan-xin-ge» of 1291. Many corpus delicti included in these documents were borrowed from earlier Chinese legislation: similar provisions are found in the Chinese code of laws «Criminal Regulations of the Tang Dynasty» (8th century), Tangut legal monuments of the 12th - early 13th century. etc. The content of the relevant articles reflects the active participation of Chinese jurists in the creation of Mongolian imperial legal acts and refutes the opinions of researchers that responsibility for military crimes in the Mongolian Empire was based on the Great Yasa of Genghis Khan.