Philosophy and Sociology of Law by Bogdan Kistyakovski

The article tries to explore the importance of the work «Philosophy and sociology of the law» by Bogdan Kistyakovsky for the political science and theory. The article shows the positioning of the intelligentsia in Kyiv as part of Russian Empire, its critical attitude to the ideas of Ukrainophilism. The author stresses the political proximity of Bogdan Kistyakovsky to the political party of constitutional democrats (cadets). In his work Kistyakovsky tried to show the advantages of the rule of law, the possibility of its establishment in the Russia of that time. The article considers the contribution of the «Philosophy and sociology of the law» to the evolution of generalized scientific knowledge, the methods he proposed for improving the humanities and social sciences.