INSTRUMENTAL THEORY OF LAW IN RUSSIAN JURISPRUDENCE
The article examines the evolution of the instrumental theory of law (instrumental approach) in national jurisprudence for more than 100 years. Instrumentalism is aimed at the study of legal means, the rules of their efficient application in the process of juridical activity. The specific features of instrumental theory, its place and role in the system of scientific knowledge, development in a number of sectoral sciences (civil, criminal, labour law) are examined. Instrumental doctrine is based on the practical (praxeological) destination of law, allows changing the idea about legal phenomena.