Place of Methodological Challenges in Studies of Legal Historians
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-513X-2023-3-17-23
Abstract
Aim. Definition and characterization of methodological problems contained in historical and legal studies, as well as identification of trends in the development of the methodology of the science of the history of the state and law.
Methodology. The article relies on a problematic approach to presenting the material. The utilization of the descriptive approach facilitated the identification of the rationales behind the revision of methodological issues in historical and legal research. The method of analysis helped to identify new trends in the development of methodology of the history of the state and law as a science.
Results. The article summarizes how historians of law from both past and present have resolved methodological issues at different levels. Multiple methods of advancing the methodology of historical and legal research have been acknowledged.
Research implications. The article highlights the challenges encountered by legal historians when ascertaining research method, while also summarizing the contemporary methods adopted by scientists to address methodological issues.
About the Authors
A. Dorskaya
Russian State University of Justice, North-West Branch
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandra A. Dorskaya – Dr. Sci. (Law), Prof., Departmentally Head, Department of General Theoretical Legal Disciplines
leksandrovskiy park 5a, St. Petersburg 197046
A. Dorskiy
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrei Yu. Dorskiy – Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Prof., Departmentally Head, Department of Management in Mass Communications
Universitetskaya nab. 7-9, St. Petersburg 199034
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