The place of the Customary Law of the Mordvins in the Traditional Jurisprudence of Russia
The relevance of the study due to the role of customary law as the ancient system of ethnic socionormative regulation, partly existing to this day in the modern world, the legal consciousness of different peoples of Russia. In this regard, this article aims to reveal the historical and legal foundations of the customary law of the Mordovian people. The leading method for the study of the problem is the methods of field ethnography, case studies, allowing a comprehensive review of the usual legal norms in various areas of their application. The article analyzes the features of community organization, formation and development of customary law in the field of marriage, family, civil law relations. The materials of the article are of practical value for the improvement of legislation in a multinational state, which is the Russian Federation.