V.S. Gruzdev. Realism in jurisprudence: theoretical, methodological and historical aspects

Abstract

In the review of V.S. Gruzdev’s monograph “Realism in jurisprudence: theoretical, methodological and historical aspects” it is noted that the research of the author of the reviewed work seems to be in demand by modern philosophy and jurisprudence. The purpose of this monograph is to study on the basis of original texts the main directions of legal realism as a paradigm of legal understanding in the context of its genesis, typology, main interpretations and directions of development, to show its evolution and interpretation. To achieve it, the author solves a number of theoretical, methodological and methodical tasks: generalizes approaches in domestic and foreign literature to the interpretation and justification of realism as a theoretical and methodological attitude and method of cognition of law; identifies the main directions of evolution and typology of conceptual legal realism; explores the concept of activity as a semantic characteristic of legal practice; analyzes the most significant trends in the evolution of legal realism in the history of Western European and Scandinavian legal thought; explores the specifics of American legal realism; determines the role of realism among the dominants in the history of Russian legal thought. The issues raised in the monograph and their presentation are of interest for further scientific research in the field of theory, Philosophy and Sociology of Law, history of political and legal doctrines, history and methodology of legal science.