About the book: 2016 / This edition includes selected works of A. E. Zhalinsky, a famous researcher in the field of theoretical problems of criminal law and criminology, sociology of law, comparative jurisprudence and foreign criminal law and criminology. He has written more than 350 scientific papers on this topic, including monographs published in academic and professional journals in Russia and abroad. Many works, as well as ideas put forward and substantiated, played a significant role in the development of science. Volume 4 includes the works of A. E. Zhalinsky, which embody the new directions of his research in terms of topics. Readers are presented with both extracts from his books and individual articles on legal thinking, professional activity of a lawyer, issues of legal education and its improvement. A separate important section is devoted to the science of criminal law and scientific research in this area. The book is intended for specialists in the field of criminology, criminal law and sociology of law, i.e. practical and scientific workers, university teachers, graduate students, students and anyone interested in the history of legal and criminological thought in Russia, the goals, means, achievements and failures of the fight against crime in our country.