Yakovlev’s law

The article is devoted to the Soviet and Russian statesman, legal scholar, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of the RSFSR Veniamin Fedorovich Yakovlev. The paper presents the main stages of life and work of the statesman and scientist, as well as reveals his contribution to the development of Civil and Constitutional Law, the construction of a system of arbitration courts in the Russian Federation. The main attention is paid to scientific activities on the development of the law on cooperation, the preparation of a regulatory framework for the democratization and reform of the economy of the Soviet Union, as well as the development of a fundamentally new system of arbitration courts of the Russian Federation for our country. The contribution of V. F. Yakovlev to the preparation of the draft of the Constitution of Russia and the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is revealed.