Formation of a modern historiographical model of political and legal knowledge

The article deals with the problem of forming a modern historiographical model of political and legal knowledge. First of all, it covers the issues of the science of the history of political and legal thought, the history of law and the Philosophy of Law. The lack of proper developments in the field of historiography of political and legal thought is the basis for distortions and falsifications of this field of knowledge, has a negative impact on the possibilities of effective development of theoretical and historical legal sciences and the use of historiographical contexts of branch legal disciplines. The development of a modern historiographical model of political and legal knowledge should be carried out taking into account the achievements of other socio-humanitarian sciences, logical-philosophical and historical-philosophical research, including a significant update of the methods and techniques of cognition used. An important role is played by the affirmation of the principles of reliability, verifiability and qualitative growth of knowledge, recognition of types of development and cultural and civilizational diversity. The article summarizes the experience and results of existing research on historiography in general and political and legal thought in particular, reveals some key problems of its development, demonstrates the possibilities and directions for improving the methodological aspects of historiography of political and legal thought.