General theory of law and the development of branch legal sciences

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of interrelations between and development of fundamental and branch legal knowledge. It is noted that in Russia, since the end of the last century, the general theory of law, branch and applied legal sciences have demonstrated a tendency towards mutual isolation and autonomous existence, which leads to the formalization of legal knowledge. The latter acquires a trivial and compilative nature. The author analyzes the process of changing the role of the fundamental legal doctrine in Russia due to the social reorganization in the beginning of the 21st century that resulted in the loss of mechanisms of an ideological legal order. It is concluded that the fundamental part of the legal science envolves an essential politicized element. Nevertheless, considerable autonomy and internal integrity of scientific jurisprudence is discribed as a form of social consciousness. The author represents the key directions of reproduction of fundamental legal knowledge, including vectors of research studies. It is concluded that the growing uncertainty of the Russian legal doctrine can be overcome in the general theory of law by means of development of a new legal subject matter. The paper provides for the thorough analysis of the subject matter of the legal science in its research capacity, including the most significant collisions with respect to the subject matters and relations examined within the scope of the branch legal research. It is concluded that the development of fundamental ideas concerning law can have a positive impact on the structure of social relations.