The proposed electronic course was prepared at the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of the St. Petersburg Academy of Management and Economics . The study of the discipline allows you to better understand modern state-legal processes, predict their development in the future, learn from the positive experience of the past and apply it in practice. The history of the state and the law of foreign countries gives future lawyers the knowledge necessary in their further activities to implement economic reforms, democratize the political life of our society, protect the rights of its citizens, and build a rule-of-law state. The study and analysis of the sources of law of different historical epochs, being the most important element of independent work of students, at the same time develop the professional qualities of a lawyer, experience and skills of drafting legal documents, prepare them for lawmaking . The course is intended for students studying the discipline "History of the State and Law of Foreign Countries" in accordance with the work program for all forms of education of the St. Petersburg Academy of Management and Economics . The basis for the preparation of the lecture material was the work of prominent scientists in the field of state history and law of foreign countries. and . Batyr, O. A. Liquid, N. A. by Krasheninnikova, A. I. Sukhareva, S. A. Roots and others. For each topic, there are questions for self-study with answers, test tasks, a dictionary of basic terms, test topics and methodological instructions for studying the discipline.