The role of N.M. Korkunov’s ideas for world legal sociology

The purpose of the paper is to introduce the legal theory of N.M. Korkunov and the influence of his ideas on sociological jurisprudence in the USA and in Western Europe. As an example of such an influence of N.M. Korkunov’s ideas, one can single out the works of the American scientist Nathan Roscoe Pound. Taking into account the differences between the realities of Russian and American societies of that period, Nathan Roscoe Pound adapted his theory to the specifics of the growing hyper-individualism of American culture.

It is worth highlighting the turn to the ideas of the scientist in the post Soviet period, not only from American and Western European, but also from Russian researchers who consider the legal theory of N.M. Korkunov through the prism of ideas of liberalism and legal positivism. Arguing that the growing popularity of Korkunov’s ideas testifies both to the originality for their time and relevance for modern context, the author thus emphasizes Korkunov’s significant contribution to the development of world sociological jurisprudence. 

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