About the Journal

Demidov Law Journal continues the traditions of scientific publications of the Demidov Law Lyceum and the Law Faculty of Yaroslavl State University (Yaroslavl Law School). It was created on the basis of the succession of the journal "Social'no-yuridicheskaya tetrad'" (2011–2022). The focus of Demidov Law Journal: identification, analysis and search for solutions to current problems in the field of jurisprudence at the level of doctrine, legislation and law enforcement – taking into account the continuity of scientific and applied knowledge, as well as the value guidelines of modern Russian society.

The general concept of the journal reflects the mission of Russian legal science (in partnership with political science, sociology, psychology, economic theory), combining attention and respect for classical jurisprudence, its origins, comparative legal experience, the urgent needs of lawmaking and law enforcement practice with the task of social service to Russian society and the state, search for balanced solutions to optimize Russian legislation and law enforcement, protection of rights and freedoms, traditional Russian values.

The journal welcomes research on the history and theory of the legal system of society, legal technology, the theory of a legal contract, constitutional and legal aspects of Russian statehood, the protection and protection of family values, the right to work, entrepreneurship, optimal and fair taxation, social security, problems of designing offenses, differentiation of administrative and criminal liability. The journal is also interested in analytical work at the intersection of the branches of legal science and legislation, on issues of complex and emerging legal institutions and sub-branches of Russian law, the interaction of law with political science, sociology, economics, psychology.

One of the tasks of the Journal is to popularize and develop the ideas of the Yaroslavl Law School, founded in 1803 and functioning first within the framework of the Yaroslavl Higher Sciences School, which was then transformed into the Demidov Law Lyceum, and after the revolution – into a university. Over the long years of the existence of the Yaroslavl Law School, prominent legal scholars taught in it, who made a significant contribution to the theory of state, administrative, civil, labor, family law, criminal law, civil and criminal processes.