Formation of the doctrine on the legal consciousness in the history of legal thought
The article considers the issues of the genesis of the theory of legal consciousness. The main theoretical views of European scientists of the New time are noted. It is analyzed the formation of ideas about legal consciousness in German jurisprudence of the XIX century, the formation of the theory of legal consciousness in pre-revolutionary jurisprudence in Russia. There are outlined the main provisions of the theory of legal consciousness in the Soviet period, marked the state of the modern theory of legal consciousness. The period of the emergence and of the formation of the theory of legal consciousness is determined. A periodization of the formation and development of ideas about legal consciousness is proposed.