On legal science as an academic discipline

Abstract

The article notes that the existing educational programs of higher professional education, despite the fact that provide graduates of master's programs and graduate school the ability to conduct research, do not allow students to gain an understanding of the goals, objectives, methods and methodology of scientific research. The author raises the question of the need for the introduction of system in the teaching of scientific activity in legal science and the addition of curriculum science course. The analysis allows to speak about the imperfection in the organization of scientific research of young legal scholars. Thus, the need to study certain aspects of legal science is determined by them intuitively, not in accordance with the actual needs of society. The methodological tools used by law students are diverse and not structured, in most cases unknown to methodological science, which requires the establishment of a unified terminology and classification of terms in the methodology of legal research. It is also noted that according to the results of the defended candidate's theses in the field of law, many proposals for improving the current Russian legislation and law enforcement practice are formulated. However, the majority remains an empty formality, despite the support of the scientific community, obtained by the dissertation during the defense of his work. There is no official record of such proposals, they are mostly not sent to the legislative and law enforcement bodies, the practical results of scientific research remain on paper, which ultimately adversely affects the motivation of undergraduates and graduate students to research