Concepts of the Development of Russian Legislation within the Parameters of Academia

The paper is devoted to testing the hypothesis that scientific concepts of the development of Russian legislation (hereinafter Concepts)—a series of studies conducted by scientists of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation—are an achievement of academic science, as stated in the title of the topic of the 11th All-Russian Annual Meeting of Legal Theorists (Moscow, IZiSP, February 28, 2024) by its organizers. The reason for setting this scientific task was a significant event for the Russian scientific community — the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The anniversary of the country’s main scientific center set the tone and became the leitmotif of many scientific discussions and forums. 

The context of the role of academic science, its past, present and future has become the basis for discussing many modern problems and evaluating the results of scientific research. From this point of view, the paper examines the Concepts, substantiates the conclusion about the academic nature of the doctrinal knowledge presented in them, and marks the reference points that serve as a guideline for understanding and evaluating the scientific component of the results of legal and state studies.

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