On the separation of questions of fact from questions of law (1859); General considerations on the composition of the criminal court (1862); On special juries for a special kind of cases in England, France and Italy (1862); Court Statutes with the Reasoning on Which They Are Based (1866); The Civil Code of the Italian Kingdom and Russian Civil Laws. Experience in a Comparative Study of the System of Legislation (1869); The Code of Trade of the Italian Kingdom and Russian Trade Laws. Experience in a Comparative Study of the System of Legislation (1870)
"Sergey Ivanovich Zarudny". State Administration in Russia, deduhova.ru/statesman/ (in Russian). Retrieved March 11, 2023. English translation of the above. "Butkov, notifying Zarudny of the subsequent highest gratitude for his efforts in drafting the [Emancipation] decree on February 19 [1861], added that he was 'especially pleased to hand over the highest resolution to Zarudny, as one of the most active participants in the work.' Zarudny valued the gold 'peasant' medal he received at that time above all other awards. ... The closest witness to Zarudny's works [on judicial reform], V.P. Butkov, handing over to him on November 22, 1864 the first copy of the just-printed judicial statutes, indicated in the inscriptions on it that 'the first copy should rightfully belong to Sergey Ivanovich, as the person to whom the new judicial reform in Russia owes its existence more than others.'"
Vernadsky, George (1969). "Chapter 10: The Russian Empire in the Second Half of the 19th Century". A History of Russia (6th rev. ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 221. ISBN0-300-00247-5. Retrieved March 13, 2023 – via Google Books. Of no less significance was the judicial reform of 1864, of which Serge Zarudny was the chief promoter. Its basic points were the improvement of court procedure, introduction of the jury system and justices of the peace, and the organization of lawyers into a formal bar. The new courts proved equitable and efficient, and in this respect Russia could be compared favorably with the most progressive European countries. ... Most of the characteristics created by the reforms of Alexander II lasted until 1905, and some until 1917.
See also
Alexander Sergeyevich Zarudny (1863–1934) – Sergei's oldest son, a lawyer who defended clients in the trials by jury made possible by the 1864 judicial reform his father chiefly wrote; later a Minister of Justice during the [first] Russian Republic.
^N. V. Davydov; N. N. Polyansky, eds. (1915). The Judicial Reform (in Russian). Vol. 1. With the close participation of M. N. Gernet, A. E. Worms, N. K. Muravyov and A. N. Parenago. Moscow: M. Association. p. 304c. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via State Public Historical Library of Russia. [p. 339 online.]