Первая юридическая и ее научные направления

The article examines the formation and development of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law as an independent structural unit in the Yaroslavl State University, recreated in 1970. There are five scientific areas that have developed at the department: theory of law, international law, constitutional law, administrative law and history of law. The role of the heads of the department and its other leading specialists in the development of these areas is shown, the contribution of the department made to the scientific "baggage" of the Yaroslavl law school is analyzed. Separate genetic connections of the scientific developments of the department with the doctrinal heritage of the lyceum era are traced. A general description of the faculty of the department at the present stage is given, the main lines of scientific research of the department staff are shown. The promising directions of the scientific and pedagogical work of the department at a new stage of its development are determined.