About the book: 2000 / The third edition of the author’s textbook was prepared in accordance with the current curriculum of the course “General History of State and Law” (“History of State and Law of Foreign Countries” ). The textbook is based on lecture courses given by the author at leading domestic universities; At the same time, the specifics of constructing similar courses in a number of European universities are taken into account. The educational material is presented in the book exhaustively, while along with the preserved traditional regional geography scheme, complex topics are introduced that cover many countries and peoples and are devoted to world-significant phenomena in the history of state and law. Compared to the first, this edition has been supplemented with a number of new sections, and is also provided with an index of names. The second volume covers the history of state and law of Modern and Contemporary times. For students, graduate students, teachers of legal and historical specialties of universities. Recommended by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation as a textbook for students of higher educational institutions studying in the specialty "Jurisprudence" Reviewers: academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Law, Professor V.M. Kuritsyn, Doctor of Law, Professor V.A. Savelyev