Textbook for Universities . — Barnaul: ASU Publishing House, 2007. — 510 s. Textbook on the course "Theory of the state and the law of the transition period" - the result of understanding the general theoretical issues of the development of the state and law in the transition from one socio-political system to another . There are no analogues of this publication in domestic or foreign literature .. For the development of the course "Theory of the State and the Law of Transition" and the writing of this textbook, the author was awarded the Gold Medal. M. In. Lomonosov for outstanding contribution to fundamental science. This textbook is aimed at legal scholars, teachers and students of law faculties of universities, as well as legal practitioners who improve their skills. The proposed textbook complies with the State Educational Standard in the specialty 021100 "Jurisprudence" , Includes all material, necessary for students for in-depth study of the theory of state and law , integrates the topics of the training course within a single concept of the evolutionary transformation of the state and law in the transition period. Consists of two parts: Theory of the state of the transition period and Theory of the law of the transition period