One Look at the Position of Sociology of Law in Russia
One Look at the Position of Sociology of Law in Russia

Summary/Abstract: As a sociological discipline that studies the role and place of law in society, sociology of law was created in the mid 19th century. This discipline studies the conditions and circumstances that lead to the constitution of law and the legal system in one country, then the legal activity in society, and the consequences of all forms of legal action in society. From the mid-20th century in sociology have been removed numerous concerns about the social role of law, from this period the law is being studied as a normative phenomenon. The paper analyzes the situation of sociology of law, its historical development and institutionalization in Russia, as well as topical issues of Russian theorists. Citing the Russian theoreticians who dealt with legal and sociological topics, in this paper we analyze the issues and problems that were in the process of institutionalization of sociology of law in Russia at the end of the XX and the early XXI century. In this paper we provide a brief overview of sociology of law in some countries of the former Yugoslavia as a possible comparison with the state of sociology of law in Russia.

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