Problemy i︠u︡ridicheskoĭ nauki

A collection of 15 articles on current issues in legal studies published in the Mordovian Republic of the Russian Federation. Among other topics, the articles concern local government; the history of private legal relations in Russian sources from the 11th-15th centuries; the history of Soviet federalism; the concept of a legal state, sources and assumptions; social relationships in the automation age; legal foundations of regional government; reforming municipal government in the 18th century; division of authority between federal and local government.