FIRST JURISTIC PERIODIC EDITIONS OF JOURNAL TYPE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to consideration of the first Russian juristic journals of a journal type, interest in creating a legal press arose in the 18th century, in the first half of the 19th century a number of juristic publications appeared that were classified as journal-type publications, their goal was to teach juristic literacy and educate society. A special place among them is occupied by the journal Legal Notes (author and publisher P.G. Redkin). The authors point out relevance and importance of this publication for Russia in the first half of the 19th century. The study presents different points of view, allowing to describe this segment of the information field. The article reveals features of the first Russian scientific juristic journals, their goals and objectives, analyzes the published material, its genre and linguistic characteristics, focuses on the essay. The necessity of creating legal publications as an external organ of the joint activities of Russian lawyers, as a way of teaching people legal literacy, was proved, while journalism was perceived as a conductor of science that shapes public opinion. The authors of most publications in Juristic Notes were people significant for the history of Russian juristic science and general historiography (N.V. Kalachev, M.M. Snegirev, V.N. Leshkov, K.V. Cavelin, A.N. Popov, S.V. Barshev (one of the first Russian forensic scientists) and others). The article analyzes the content of legal publications of the journal type, it is noted that publications on the history of Russian law up to the beginning of the 18th century prevail; the history of jurisprudence and the philosophy of legislation in Western Europe since the Middle Ages; presents translations of foreign works of a philosophical and juristic nature. The analysis makes it possible to conclude that the “Juristic Notes” was dominated by philosophical, legal, historical coverage of legal and state problems (mostly on the example of Western European legislation). If the legal and state problems of Russia were covered, then the information reflected the country’s past. It is proved that the vast majority of the materials of the “Juristic Notes” today has only bibliographic significance and represents historiographic value characterizing the period of formation of specialized jurisprudence science in Russia. Turning to the history of the emergence of juristic journals allows not only to enrich the knowledge of modern journalists, but also to understand the typology and patterns of the development of juristic thought in Russia.