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The article presents the contribution of Moscow University scientists to the development of the science of civil procedure law in the post-Soviet period. The main directions of scientific research conducted at the Department of Civil Procedure are considered. The article presents the contribution of Moscow University scientists to the development of the science of civil procedure law in the post-Soviet period. The directions of scientific research conducted at the Department of Civil Procedure are considered. The doctrine of judicial evidence and evidence in civil proceedings has been put forward as the main direction. The contribution of scientists and teachers of the department to the formation of the Moscow school of judicial evidence is shown. Successfully formed and updated such areas of research as: subjects of civil procedure law, their legal status and procedural status; theory of forms of protection of subjective rights (legitimate interests), — justice and non-judicial forms of resolution and settlement of civil law disputes (notary, arbitration, mediation, etc.); verification and revision of judicial acts in civil procedure; accessibility of justice in civil cases in Russia. Scientific research on the specifics of the consideration and resolution of civil cases, initiated at the department in Soviet times, has received general recognition and has been introduced into the teaching program of civil procedure law at the international level. The methodology of scientific research and teaching of civil procedure law is a separate and constant concern of the entire staff of the department. All research is moving along an evolutionary path: the valuable material accumulated by scientists in the Soviet and pre-revolutionary period is taken into account. The relevance of earlier scientific results for modern doctrine and legislation on civil proceedings and forms of protection of subjective law (legitimate interest) is shown. The prospects of science and teaching of civil procedure law at Moscow University are outlined.

The article examines the history of the development of the science of commercial law at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The authors, based on the study of a number of normative sources and works of Russian legal scholars such as Leshkov V. N., Nersesov N. O., Gusakov A. G., Nefedyev N. A., Shershenevich G. F., Krasnokutsky V. A., comprehend the epistemology of modern commercial law and the basic principles of its construction. In the article, the authors note the continuity of research in the field of commercial law in the works of Agarkov M. M., Genkin D. M., Lunts L. A., Peretersky I. S., Goykhbarg A. G., Yaichkov K. K. and many other famous scientists. A special role in the article is given to the professor and scientific director of the Department of Commercial Law Boris Ivanovich Puginsky, who not only revived the teaching of commercial law within the walls of Moscow University, but also laid the doctrinal and methodological basis of the modern science of commercialism — the science of commercial (trade) law. Today, the Department of Commercial Law and the Fundamentals of Jurisprudence is represented by a large scientific heritage in the form of publications of monographs, textbooks and scientific articles and a team of highly professional teachers promoting the ideas of commercial law in the student community.

The article examines the development of areas of legal science in the field of nature conservation, environmental protection and rational use of natural resources, which resulted in the formation of scientific schools of environmental, natural resource and agrarian law. The article reveals the reflection of achievements in the legal doctrine in a number of natural resource Laws of the USSR and the RSFSR of 1960–1975, which influenced the development of international law, including the generally recognized principles and norms contained in the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki, August 1, 1975), which ultimately manifested itself in Article 18 of the Constitution (Basic Law) of the USSR of 1977. All this served as a further development of the science of natural resource law and environmental protection, subsequently — environmental law, the formation of traditions, a prominent representative of which is V. V. Petrov. Under his leadership, the department, and after his death in 1995 — under the leadership of A. K. Golichenkova, Department of Environmental Land Law, Faculty of Law, Moscow State University, the doctrine of environmental law and natural resource branches of law was further developed in scientific research and in teaching the relevant academic disciplines. The article examines the implementation of the achievements of the science of environmental law and natural resource branches of law in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993, the Federal Law on Environmental Protection and federal natural resource laws, law enforcement practice, among which the following should be highlighted: the permit type of legal regulation of relations in the field of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources, the priority of public interests in regulating these relations, the presumption of environmental hazard of any planned economic and other activity and its development.

270th anniversary of the Lomonosov Moscow State University allows us to summarize the scientific activity of the Centre for Criminal Procedure, Justice and Prosecutorial Oversight in the 20 years since the 250th anniversary. This period was eventful and interesting. The article discusses the main achievements of the Centre in criminal procedure’s matter.

The article analyzes the problems of the formation, revival and development of private law at Moscow University. The authors identify three main historical stages in the domestic legal system that private law (civil law) science has passed through and represent them: the pre-revolutionary stage (the stage of formation of private law in Russia); the Soviet period, in which, in the absence of private law, civil law proper and the corresponding civil law, civil law science developed; the post-Soviet stage, in which the restoration of private law and its further development took place, combining both classical private law concepts and modern approaches. The emphasis is on the fact that the teachers of Moscow University and its Department of Civil Law have consistently sought to solve a two-pronged task: to obtain new scientific knowledge in the field of private law through its in-depth scientific study and their subsequent transfer to students by giving university education a fundamental scientific character. Roman private law replaces the general theory of civil law with such a formulation of civil law education, therefore, at Moscow University, the teaching of civil law was initially combined with the teaching of Roman private law. Throughout history, the study and teaching of Roman law by the civilists of Moscow University has been and remains their “trademark”. The authors emphasize that the participation of teachers of the department in legislative work and law enforcement practice turned out to be extremely useful and had a beneficial effect both on the teaching of civil (private) law and on its scientific research, which contributed to the development of domestic civil law on a private legal basis. Currently, the department implements major scientific and educational projects, therefore, there is every reason to assert that the modern staff of the Department of Civil Law of Moscow University has not only preserved the best traditions of fundamental university education and scientific research in the field of civics, laid down by remarkable Russian civilists and novelists back in the XIX century, but also actively contributed to the revival and development of domestic private law rights in the field of legislation, doctrine and teaching.

The article shows the nature and evolution of theoretical and legal sciences in Russia. In the 21st century, a feature of the sciences of fundamental jurisprudence is the comparative method of research, manifested in a combination of ideographic (individualizing) and nomological (generalizing) approaches to the study of law and state. It is noted that it is not enough to consider law and the state only from the perspective of the science of the general theory of law — understanding their meaning and essence involves studying the genesis, ontology and axiology of these social phenomena. The contribution of the Department of Theory of State and Law and Political Science of the Law Faculty of Moscow State University named after M.V. is shown. Lomonosov into modern theoretical and legal science. The complex interdisciplinary nature of the works prepared by teachers of the Department of Theory of State and Law and Political Science is emphasized, which demonstrates the results of many years of methodological developments in the areas of general theory of law, history of political and legal doctrines, comparative law, philosophy of law and sociology of law.

In the article, the author draws attention to the importance of the history of the state and law, primarily the national state and law, in the process of teaching law students of higher educational institutions. Attention is drawn to the peculiarities of studying this discipline at the law faculties of universities. The difficulties encountered by teachers of the history of the national state and law are called. The close connection of the history of state and law with another basic discipline, the theory of state and law, is shown. The place of the history of the national state and law as a basic science in the system of legal sciences is considered. The special place of the history of state and law as a completely independent science among the branch sciences is shown. The article draws attention to the historical and legal research of specialists in the field of sectoral legal disciplines. The author identifies three ways in which industry researchers work on the history of their subject. One is relatively harmless, and has been in the retelling for a long time.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia's leading and oldest university, celebrates its 270th anniversary on January 25, 2025.