Kornev, N.V. Theories of origin of state in terms of Russian scientists-lawyers of pre-revolutionary Russia.

Abstract: Russian legal science is currently searching for a new concept of state and law. One of characteristic features of modern Russian legal science is its interest to the works of legal scholars, which were created before the Revolution of 1917. This article contains analysis of the views of distinguished Russian legal scholars of late XIX – early XX centuries, such as N.I. Lazarevsky, N.M. Korkunov, B.A. Kistyakovsky, F.F. Kokoshkin, correlation of their ideas and concepts to those of western legal scholars.