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Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences / Publications / Sergei S. Alekseev: From Civil Law to Legal Theory and the Revival of Civil Law Scholarship
Sergei S. Alekseev: From Civil Law to Legal Theory and the Revival of Civil Law Scholarship
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Kazancev M.F. Sergei S. Alekseev: From Civil Law to Legal Theory and the Revival of Civil Law Scholarship // Philosophical Reflection on Historiographical and Prospective Tasks of Contemporary Public Law: Collection of Scientific Papers Based on the Outcomes of the First International Scientific Conference to Mark the Centenary of Sergei S. Alexeev (Ekaterinburg, 14 November 2024) / Editor-in-Chief V.N. Rudenko; Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences.– Ekaterinburg: Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2024.– P. 18-30.
The article explores the significant impact of Sergei S. Alekseev (1924–2013) – a distinguished scholar, legal expert, philosopher, publicist, writer, statesman, Doctor of Law, Professor, and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences – on the development of Russian jurisprudence. It focuses on two main areas of his work: civil law and the theory of law. Alekseev's intellectual journey is traced from his engagement with Soviet civil law and Marxist-Leninist legal theory to his pursuit of innovative approaches in understanding law and the revitalization of civil law. His most notable achievement during the Soviet era was the creation of a comprehensive, systematic, and detailed general theory of law, encapsulated in the two-volume General Theory of Law (1981–1982). The article highlights the scholarly importance of Alekseev’s post-Soviet research, which introduced new perspectives on law as an objective reality governed by its own logic. This work emphasized individual freedom, the protection of inalienable rights, and the presentation of law as a manifestation of Reason and core human values. Alekseev’s contributions to civil law are particularly noteworthy. He played a pivotal role in the revival of private and civil law in Russia, especially in the development of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. He initiated the drafting of the new Civil Code, provided strategic and scholarly oversight throughout its preparation, actively contributed as a member of the working group, and took on the ideological and organizational leadership necessary to transform the draft into law.
