About the book: 2009 / The textbook contains all the main provisions and topics provided for by the current program on the theory of state and law. Established points of view and views on the problems of state and law are considered using new methodological approaches. The main provisions of the course presented are based on the principles of historicism, objectivity and specificity, as well as generally accepted laws of formal and dialectical logic. When characterizing the state-legal phenomena under consideration, private scientific methods are also used. When presenting the material, theoretical principles are illustrated with examples from current legislation, legal and socio-economic policies of the Russian Federation and other states at various stages of historical development, as well as positive and other examples from the practice of state building .The textbook is designed for students and students of law faculties and universities, other higher and secondary educational institutions, as well as for all those studying or interested in the problems of the theory of state and law. The author expresses gratitude to the ConsultantPlus company for their assistance in providing the opportunity to select and use it in the text of the textbook provisions of numerous regulatory legal acts and other special sources.