New monograph by A. Medushevsky. The view of a historian and a state expert

Abstract

The article analyzes the content of the monograph of the famous historian, philosopher and political scientist A.N. Medushevsky, whose work is dedicated to the constitutional and legal component of the Russia’s political history of the last century. For this purpose, the introduction to the main text is considered. Special attention is drawn to the originality of the concept and the conceptual apparatus, the historiographical and source base, the totality of the scientific methods for a wide range of the humanities used by the author. The main content of the work is set out in the twelve chapters of the study, which consistently examines the constitutional projects and their implementation in the form of basic laws in Russia throughout the twentieth century. The analysis, in accordance with the stated methodology, starts with the results recorded in the texts of the constitutions and leads to the intentions and the goals of their authors. The last chapter of the work ties the previous chapters, which, in passing, deal with the final solution to the problems of the current state of the Russian statehood. Devotion to the research methods of legal sciences leads to the fact that in the work politically biased legal history prevails over political history. A certain number of discussion points do not depreciate the value of this research, addressed to a serious and thoughtful reader, who loves Russia and takes its destiny to heart.