Textbook. - M. Yurlitinform, 2011. - 450 s. The presented textbook is the first manual in the history of Russian legal science and pedagogy, revealing the essence, evolution and main trends of Russia's legal protection thought. In the book, the authors attempted to overcome a one-sided, sharply critical approach to the conservative political and legal doctrine of Russia. The work is intended to show the spiritual and historical significance of protective legal thought in the preservation of Russian culture, state independence, and legal identity of Russia. The textbook covers the history of Russian legal doctrine throughout Russian history from the 7th to the 20th centuries. , identified through the beginnings of Russian traditionalist thought: moral justification of the state and law, power as service, the ideal of autocracy, the symphony of church and state authorities, the conciliar management of society, the priority of religious and moral principles over formal jurisprudence, conscientious experience of law and truth, etc. Many of the primary sources used by representatives of Russian conservatism are introduced for the first time into the circulation of jurisprudence (N. M. Karamzin, mit. Filaret, mit. John Snychev, soilers, etc.. ). The textbook is intended for students, bachelors, undergraduates, graduate students of higher educational institutions in the disciplines of historical and theoretical profile, as well as for all those interested in the problems of Russian conservative legal thought.