Theoretical and legal science: a modern approach

The article reveals a new approach to the understanding of theoretical and legal science. It is argued that the theory of state and law was originally formed as a complex discipline that includes at least four components: historical, philosophical, sociological, dogmatic. The article analyzes three main components: dogmatic, sociological, philosophical. It is argued that each component of the theoretical and legal science (dogma of law, Sociology of Law, Philosophy of Law) has its own subject and its own methodology. The specific features of social science (including legal science), its subject and methods are indicated

theory of state and law, methodology of social science, dogma of law, Sociology of Law, Philos-ophy of Law