The idea of the violent origin of the state and law in the Russian political and legal doctrine

Abstract

The studied period of Russian history is characterized by an increased interest in the problems of political and legal genesis that has been embodied in the reinterpretation of the provisions of well-known doctrines and concepts. Many domestic scientists addressed the problem of the origin of the state and law in the context of the theory of violence. Among them were N.M. Korkunov, G.F. Shershenevich, B.A. Kistyakovsky, F.F. Kokoshkin, I.V. Mikhailovsky, V.D. Katkov, and others. These ideas were also developed in the works of G.V. Plekhanov, V.I. Lenin, L.D. Trotsky, and I.V. Stalin. The authors of the present research have concluded that both domestic legal scholars and ideologists of the Soviet state, having analyzed the political and legal experience of past generations, actualized certain provisions of the concepts of the violent genesis of the state and law. At that, the authors emphasize that Russian scientists pointed out the imperfections of the theory under study, which did not allow talking about its universality.