Kovalchuk O. Development of the law theory in Kyiv University in the 19th - beginning of the 20th century.

The thesis deals with the problem of the development of the law theory in Kyiv University in the 19th - beginning of the 20th century. Main stages of the development of the law theory from the foundation of the Law Faculty to 1920 are studied. Established that its highest rise is tightly linked to the Statutes of 1833 and 1863. In the context of the general development of the Law Science on the basis of analysis and systematization of primary sources and archives documents a comprehensive study of legal thoughts and views of such scholars-lawyers of Kyiv University as K.O.Nevolin, G.M.Danilovych, M.D.Ivanishev, M.F.Vladymyrskyi-Budanov, O.F.Kistiakivskyi, M.K.Rennenkampf, Y.V.Spektorskyi, Y.M.Trubetskoy is made. Using a comparative approach the author cleared up the originality of Law Faculty professors' approach to the creation of legal schools, trends, lines which differed from well-known Western European ones.