Realistic Phenomenology of Law by N. N. Alekseev

The relevance of the presented article is due to the need to search for new directions of scientific legal understanding, one of which - the realistic phenomenology of law - is outlined in the works of the outstanding Russian jurist of the XX century N. N. Alekseev. The article analyzes N. N. Alekseev's views on the phenomenological methodology of law, identifies the distinctive features of the scientist's approach to legal reality. From the standpoint of phenomenological philosophy, a holistic description of law is given as a reality that is not fully rationally comprehended. The conducted research allows the author to conclude that N. N. Alekseev acts in Russian jurisprudence as the founder of a separate field of legal understanding - the realistic phenomenology of law, the methodology of which is justified in the context of post-non-classical jurisprudence.