The article analyzes the current state of scientific research in criminal legal biography in Ukraine. The author defines criminal legal biography as a branch of biographical science which studies the peculiarities of formation, formation and development of fundamental criminal law doctrines, ideas, views and concepts of leading criminalists, taking into account their life biography, in particular, public, state, political, scientific and scientific-pedagogical activities. The author identifies the main areas of development of criminal law biography, in particular, writing dissertations, preparing monographic studies, compiling (organizing) editions of selected works and biographies (bibliographies) of leading criminalists. The first area in criminal law biography – conducting dissertation research on the criminal law (including criminological and criminal executive) heritage of prominent representatives of Ukrainian legal science. The second area in criminal legal biography – conducting monographic studies of the peculiarities of the formation and development of individual scientific schools in Ukrainian criminal law, criminology and criminal executive law. The third area in criminal legal biography is the compilation (arrangement) of publications (selected works, selected works, biographies (bibliographies), etc.) covering generalizations of the criminal legal (including criminological and criminal executive) heritage of certain leading representatives of Ukrainian legal science, in particular, containing both the full content and certain fragments of abstracts, articles, monographs, manuals, scientific and practical commentaries, textbooks, etc. The author outlines the prospects for the development of criminal law biography in Ukraine. Key words: biography, science, biographical method, law, research, criminal law heritage, doctrine, ideas, views, concepts, criminal law, criminology, criminal executive law.
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