THE HISTORY OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN RUSSIA: THE EVOLUTION OF DOMESTIC THEORIES

Abstract

Relevance. The urgency of considering domestic theories of local self-government in the second half of the nineteenth century in 2017 is, in our opinion, the following: at present, many characteristics of the local government that were formed during the pre-revolutionary period of Russia's development until 1917 are preserved; a modern assessment of the depth and sufficiency of the argumentation of opponents' positions on the discussion we are considering seems to be important in the light of the situation in the local self-government; revealing the stages of evolution in the doctrine of the foundations of local government in pre-revolutionary Russia can be a way of diagnosing the role of modern theories in the process under investigation. Perpose. The purpose of the article in the proposed context will be to identify the stages of evolution in the theoretical notions of local self-government in domestic science and implemented in pre-revolutionary law. Scientific novelty. In the article there are elements of novelty: consideration of the evolution of the theories of local government in two hypostases hypostasis of the theories and hypostasis of the conceptual bases of legal documents; highlight the stages of the evolution of domestic theories of local government in the second half of the XIX century.