Igor A. Isaev’s Metaphysics of Power and Law. On Scholar’s Anniversary

The paper deals with the events devoted to the anniversary of an outstanding Russian historian of law, Prof. Igor A. Isayev. On June 11, 2020, our colleague, prominent historian of law, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation Igor A. Isaev turns 75 years old. In addition, for 30 years Prof. Isayev has been the Head of the Department of History of the State and Law, first, at All- Russian Law Correspondence Institute that was later renamed into Kutafin Moscow State Academy of Law (MSAL) and, later, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). Since the late 1980s, our University has taken a leading place in the field of legal education, which became possible due to its scholarly potential: the involvement of the most gifted and professional scholars, professors and educators who create and maintain an academic tradition, introduce innovations. Igor A. Isayev has become one of the leaders of the team that has achieved this success and earned credibility in the legal world is. The paper presents his views. In particular, the paper highlights that in his research Igor A. Isaev addresses the fields of history of the State and law, legal ideology, legal culture and legal symbolism, history of political and legal doctrines, and the philosophy of law. Igor Isaev’s life history represents the way of a real scholar, the milestones of his life are represented by written works, numerous pupils and the life of the faculty of the Department of History of the State and Law, the formation of which is impossible without creating an atmosphere of academic freedom, professional solidarity and mutual support.

1. Isayev IA. «Topos i nomos»: prostranstva pravoporyadkov [Topos and nomos: spaces of law and order]. Moscow: Norma; 2007. (In Russ.)

2. Isayev IA. Ideya poryadka v konservativnoy retrospektive [Idea of order in a conservative retrospective]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2011. (In Russ.)

3. Isayev IA. Metafizika vlasti i zakona [Metaphysics of power and law]. Moscow: Jurist; 1998. (In Russ.)

4. Isayev IA. Politica hermetica: skrytye aspekty vlasti [Politica hermetica: hidden aspects of power]. Moscow: Yurist; 2000. (In Russ.)

5. Isayev IA. Mifologemy zakona: pravo i literatura [Mythologems of the Law: Law and Literature]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2015. (In Russ.)

6. Isayev IA. Vlast i zakon v kontekste irratsionalnogo [Power and law in the context of irrational]. Moscow: Yurist; 2005. (In Russ.)

7. Isayev IA. Solidarnost kak politiko-pravovoe sostoyanie [Solidarity as a political and legal state]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2009. (In Russ.)

8. Isayev IA. Voobrazhaemaya gosudarstvennost. Prostranstvo bez territorii [Imaginary Statehood. Space without territory]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2018. (In Russ.)

9. Isayev IA. Suverenitet: zakrytoe prostranstvo vlasti [Sovereignty: closed space of power]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2016. (In Russ.)

10. Isayev IA. Gospodstvo. Ocherki politicheskoy filosofii [Prevalence. Essays of Political Philosophy]. Moscow: Norma; 2008. (In Russ.)

11. Isayev IA. Tenevaya storona zakona: irratsionalnoe v prave [Shadow side of the law: irrational in law]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2012. (In Russ.)

12. Isayev IA. Zakon i revolyutsiya. legalnye osnovaniya revolyutsionnogo mifa [Law and Revolution. Legal Foundations of Revolutionary Myth]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2019. (In Russ.)

13. Isayev IA. Tekhnologii vlasti. vlast tekhnologii [Technology of power. Power of Technology]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2019. (In Russ.)

14. Isayev IA. Ideya poryadka v konservativnoy retrospektive [Idea of order in a conservative retrospective]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2011. (In Russ.)

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16. Isayev IA. Metafizika vlasti i zakona [Metaphysics of power and law]. Moscow: Jurist; 1998. (In Russ.)

17. Isayev IA. Mifologemy zakona: pravo i literatura [Mythologems of the Law: Law and Literature]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2015. (In Russ.)

18. Isayev IA. Solidarnost kak politiko-pravovoe sostoyanie [Solidarity as a political and legal state]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2009. (In Russ.)

19. Isayev IA. Suverenitet: zakrytoe prostranstvo vlasti [Sovereignty: closed space of power]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2016. (In Russ.)

20. Isayev IA. Tenevaya storona zakona: irratsionalnoe v prave [Shadow side of the law: irrational in law]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2012. (In Russ.)

21. Isayev IA. Tekhnologii vlasti. vlast tekhnologii [Technology of power. Power of Technology]. Moscow: Prospekt; 2019. (In Russ.)

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