Abstract: The article discusses the prerequisites for the formation and periodization of functioning of the Yaroslavl School of Law from the formation of the higher educational institution with the rights of a university, its transformations into the Demidovsky Law Lyceum, and then into the Yaroslavl State University, problems of genesis of this school in the sphere of philosophy of law, theory of law, civil law studies, administrative and financial law, labor law, criminal law, civil and criminal process. The authors discuss the input of the scholars representing the Yaroslavl legal school (those, who worked at the educational institution, at the lyceum, or at the university in the periods starting from 1803) into the development of the Russian legal sciences: Professors M.N. Kapustin, V.G. Scheglov, B.A. Kistyakovskiy, P.L. Karasevich, M.F. Vladimirskiy-Budanov, N.I. Palienko, I.I. Dityatin, S.M. Shpilevsky, I.T. Tarasov, E.N. Berendts, A.A. Issaev, A.R. Svischevskiy, N.D. Sergeevskiy, M.V. Dukhovskiy, L.S. Belogrits-Kotlyarevskiy, A.A. Piontkovskiy, V.N. Shiryaev, N.N. Polyanskiy, N.L. Duvernois, D.I. Azarevich, L.I. Zagorovskiy, T.M. Yablochkov, I.A. Gurlyand, V.M. Gordon, L.S. Tal, and others. The authors present the modern directions of the Yaroslavl law schools, including Professors V.M. Gorshenev, P.F. Eliseikin, Y.O. Motovilovker and the currently teaching Professor and leading Associate Professors, facilitating the revitalization of the Law School of the Yaroslavl State University named after P.G. Demidov.

Keywords: the Yaroslavl School of Law, Demidovsky Law Lyceum, Law Faculty, genesis of higher sciences, lyceum concept, lyceum lecturers, Yaroslavl State University, the Russian scientists, scientific schools, history of the university.

Abstract: This article is devoted to the memory of the Doctor of Law, Merited Scientist of the RSFSR Plekhan Sergeevich Dagel. It discusses the milestones of his scientific and pedagogical path, his most important scientific work and their place in Soviet and modern Russian criminal law, forensic studies, criminology, criminal penal an procedural law, as well as in the related spheres of philosophy, social studies, ethics, genetics, law and medicine. The author gives recognition to his work and considerable input into the studies of topical issues of Soviet criminal law and criminology, such as guilt, personality of a criminal, complex studies of victimology, negligent crimes, criminal policy, ethnical, moral, philosophical, psychological, social and political problems of legal theory and practice. His fundamental works, such as «Model of Lawyer», «Problems of guilt in Soviet criminal law», «Teachings on criminal personality in the Soviet criminal law», «Negligence. Problems of criminal law and criminology», «Problems of Soviet criminal policy». The author discuses both scientific research and educational work of P.S. Dagel. In particular, P.S. Dagel developed a course of lectures on criminal law and the Soviet criminal policy.

Keywords: jurisprudence, criminal law, criminal policy, negligent crime, guilt, personality of a criminal, model of a lawyer, Soviet law, criminal responsibility, criminology, jurisprudence.