One look at the position of sociology of law in Russia

Abstract

As a sociological discipline that studies the role and place of law
in society, sociology of law was created in the mid 19th century.
This discipline studies the conditions and circumstances that lead
to the constitution of law and the legal system in one country, then
the legal activity in society, and the consequences of all forms of
legal action in society. From the mid-20th century in sociology
have been removed numerous concerns about the social role of
law, from this period the law is being studied as a normative phenomenon.
The paper analyzes the situation of sociology of law, its
historical development and institutionalization in Russia, as well
as topical issues of Russian theorists. Citing the Russian theoreticians
who dealt with legal and sociological topics, in this paper we
analyze the issues and problems that were in the process of institutionalization
of sociology of law in Russia at the end of the XX and
the early XXI century. In this paper we provide a brief overview
of sociology of law in some countries of the former Yugoslavia as
a possible comparison with the state of sociology of law in Russia.