editing of bills by Duma and Tsar. Legislative decision — a common decision about one or another article of the Ulozhenie. Hand signing — signing of code of laws unanimously by members of the Sobor. The Sobornoe Ulozhenie represents the first attempt by Russian legislators to form system of norms and classify them by areas of law. Significant attention was given to procedural law. Sources of Ulozhenie The sources of the Sobornoe Ulozhenie originated both from Russian and international law. Books of orders of prikazes - from the moment of the appearance of a prikaz, the current law in the corresponding area of law was fixed in accordance with that prikaz Sudebnik of 1497 and Sudebnik by Ivan IV. Statutes of Lithuania (1588) had been used as model (pattern) of legal technicality Petitions References External links Excerpts from The Code of Law of 1649 Full code of law of 1649 by Richard Hellie in English 1649 in law Legal codes 1649 establishments in Russia Legal history of Russia Alexis of Russia