The First Jurists of Kazan University

Review. The article is devoted to the history of legal education in the Kazan University. The first teachers of law in Kazan University were German professors who tried not only to teach, but also continued to engage students in scientific research. At the beginning of the 19th century within the walls of Kazan University they implemented the idea of creating a literary and legal society, a prototype of a legal clinic, held public trials for individuals seeking to occupy public office. The trial was organized by the Committee for officials on legal subjects. Gavriil Ilyich Solntsev became the first Russian professor of jurisprudence. The article reveals the procedure of defending the first dissertation on law in the history of the University. For example, Professor Solntsev illustrated the process of law teaching, which connected two methods: practical and comparative-historical. Solntsev was the first to introduce methodical works for those teaching law in which he opposed the mechanical process of delivering lectures. His recommendations has not lost their relevance today and would be useful for modern teachers For example, tests for a degree of the candidate of jurisprudence in Kazan University opened the process of obtaining a teaching position The identity of Professor Solntsev was very multifaceted. He successfully combined scientific, teaching and administrative activities, in different years, he served as Dean and Rector of the Kazan University. Solntsev was a professor in the highest sense of the word. During the period of guardianship of the Kazan University by Magnitsky, Solntsev and Magnitsky disagreed on ways of teaching natural law. As a result, the University held court over Solntsev, in which they discussed the substance of his lectures. Solntsev, in writing or orally, answered 217 questions about natural law and entity law in general. Further, Solntsev was dismissed from the University at his own will and for twenty years he served as County Attorney of Kazan. In the history of legal science Solntsev remains not only as the author of the first textbook on criminal law, but also a talented Professor, combining theory and practice of law

legal education, teaching law, Kazan University, history of law, the defense of master's theses, natural law, doctorate in law, Gavriil Solntsev

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