Influence of estate-based church courts receded slowly in independent Estonia

Influence of estate-based church courts receded slowly in independent Estonia

In the Russian Empire, the church was subordinated to the state, and in the Evangelical Church, members of the clergy were tried under a separate law by the consistory. An article by a law student at the University of Tartu points out that despite the dismantling of the estate-based social order, ecclesiastical jurisdiction did not disappear in the Republic of Estonia.