Abstract
The article considers the theoretical content of the paired categories ‘level of life’ and ‘quality of life’, developed in the light of the latest historical reconstructions of these concepts. The interpretations of the right to a decent human existence given by Russian legal philosophers V.S. Solovyov, P.I. Novgorodtsev and B.A. Kistyakovskiy are characterised. The practical contribution of the leaders of law societies to the development of this concept is shown. It is proved that the context of this category included the ideas of reducing working hours, reducing poverty, unemployment and alcoholism, and introducing social insurance. The authors conclude that representatives of the legal corporation have developed the content of the right to a decent human existence and concretised it in relation to the specifics of the socio-economic life of late imperial Russia. The idea of a decent existence acted as a marker of the professionalisation of the legal community and contributed to the construction of the idea of a socially oriented state.
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