Revival of philosophy of law in contemporary Ukraine
В кратком англоязычном изложении отмечаются нынешние тенденции развития философии права в современной Украине. Возрождение отечественных исследований в этой области связывается с знаменательным событием основания и выхода в свет данного журнала, который задуман не только как форум для заинтересован...
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права в современной Украине. Возрождение отечественных исследований в этой области связывается с знаменательным событием основания и выхода в свет данного журнала, который задуман не только как форум для заинтересованных философией права в Украине, но и с целью служить
ареной для международного философско-правового дискурса.
This English language note presents a brief survey of the current tendencies in the development of
philosophy of law in the contemporary Ukraine. The revival of Ukrainian studies in this area is connected
with and marked by the celebrated establishment and publication of the present international
Journal, which is thought not only as a forum for those interested in the philosophy of law in Ukraine,
but also as a means for facilitation of the international discourse in philosophy of law.
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UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
210 Проблеми філософії права. – 2003. – Том 1.
© 2003 р. V. S. Bihun
Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences
REVIVAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
IN CONTEMPORARY UKRAINE
As the century-old nation of Ukraine had re-
gained its independence in 1991, adopted a new
Constitution in 1996, and presently builds its state
and civil society in a terrestrially largest European
48, 5 million country, the Ukrainian science has
faced new challenges. The county’s political, eco-
nomic, legal systems have been reformed accord-
ing to the new realities and visions of the life.
Thus, scholars have been called upon to make
their contribution to the process. Nowadays, as
the science has become free of the state ideologi-
cal control, it has embarked upon reviewing and
determining its contemporary foundation. Most
notably, this has resulted in Ukrainian scholars
applying pluralistic methodology, reviving tradi-
tions, taking on new directions in their research.
This is how the Ukrainian philosophy of law, an
interdisciplinary domain of jurists and philoso-
phers, has come to play its role of a fundamental
discipline with the entrusted importance it has yet
to justify.
The philosophy of law is not a new area in the
Ukrainian science. In the end of the 19th and early
20th century’s Tsarist Russia, it had evolved mani-
festing scholar’s’ philosophical interest in funda-
mentals of state and law. These activities were
greatly influenced and inspired by the German
classical philosophy and, partly, by the national
tradition dating back to the times of the Kyivan
Rus and the great Ukrainian philosopher H. S.
Skovoroda. Many prominent domestic jurists∗ of
∗ For example, P. G. Redkin (1808-1891) studied in
Berlin by G. W. F. Hegel, P. I. Novgorodtsev (1866-
1924) –in Berlin, L. Petrazycki (1867-1931) – in Berlin
and Heidelberg, E. V. Spektorsky (1875-1951) – in
Berlin, Goettingen, and Heidelberg, S. S. Dnistryansky
(1870-1935) – in Wien, to name a few.
Generally, nationality and territoriality are not good
enough the criteria for classifying philosophers. Thus,
the fact that I. Kant lived in Koenigsberg (presently, Ka-
liningrad), the town that in his times was and is now un-
der the rule of Russia, allows some to regard him as a
Russian philosopher. The life of Eugene Ehrlich presents
another example. This recognized sociologist of law,
regarded as an Austrian scholar, was born and almost
entire life lived and died in Chernivtsi (where, by the
that time – in the pursuit of the professional career
and according to the established tradition – had
gone to continue studying and researching law and
philosophy abroad, chiefly in Germany, and upon
their return applied their enriched expertise to the
array of issues of that turbulent time.
The figure of B. O. Kistyakivsky (Th. Kistia-
kowski) (1868-1920) stands out among them.
This prominent Ukrainian jurist and philosopher
had earned his doctoral degree in philosophy in
Berlin (1899) under the supervision and direction
of G. Zimmel and W. Windelband, and thereafter
studied with G. Jellinek in Heidelberg, made
a considerable contribution to the field. Those law
professors who had not come to study abroad were
still influenced by the foreign philosophical
thought, as taught, almost entirely, by German ju-
rists invited to enlighten the domestic jurispru-
dence of the time. In fact, they trained the first
generation of educated Russian jurists. Some of
these jurists and philosophers wrote their works in
German (consider, for example, works of P. Yur-
kevych (P. Jurkevyc’) and many of these works
remain unknown or little known to the scientific
community in Ukraine for they have not been
found or translated from foreign languages. So,
the tradition or spirit of internationalism in the
fields of law and philosophy has always been pre-
sent in Ukraine.
Before the 1917 “socialist revolution” in Rus-
sia, philosophy of law was not only an area of pri-
vate inquiry for many prominent jurists, but also a
subject taught at many institutions. It remains un-
known how the tradition of philosophy of law
would develop in this part of the world if not for
the turn of the history. As the “dictatorship of the
way, his home University that printed this Journal is situ-
ated), is presently located in Ukraine, and thus regarded
by domestic historians of law as a Ukrainian scholar.
Finally, another example presents the lives of many
scholars who were born in one county, then migrated or
worked in others or in diaspora. In our opinion, it is true
to say, rather, that “Homo locum ornat, non ornat
hominem locus” („Der Mensch adelt den Platz“, “The
man ornates the place”).
V.S. Bihun
Проблеми філософії права. – 2003. – Том 1. 211
proletariat” had been installed in the new Soviet
State, with the science of law and state being sub-
ordinated to the needs of that state’s ideology, phi-
losophy of law served the interests of the positiv-
istic Soviet theory of state and law. It was not that
philosophy of law seized to exist but rather that its
critical function was not effective objectively
(with the exception of its inimical use against the
so-called “bourgeois law” opposing “socialist
law”). As a result, philosophy of law lost its
status of an independent subject of academic study
and research in the USSR, although some of phi-
losophical issues of law and state were tradition-
ally studied in the filed of the theory of state and
law.
Presently, as the “wind of change” blows in
Ukraine, there is a great interest to philosophy of
law among jurists and philosophers. With hun-
dreds of them declared their interests in the field,
many already made their contributions. Several text-
books were published, most notably those edited by
M. V. Kostytsky and B. F. Chmil, O. G. Danliyan
and S. I. Maximov, P. D. Bilenchuk, V. A. Bachinin
and M. I. Panov as well as monographs by L. V. Pet-
rova, V. V. Shkoda, A. A. Kozlovsky, S. I. Maxi-
mov, S. S. Slyvka, K. K. Jole, V. I. Kuznetsov ap-
peared, to name a few. A bit more than half a decade
has lapsed since the philosophy of law was desig-
nated as an independent (separate) field of speciali-
zation in both legal and philosophical sciences. Un-
der the established tradition, providing that those
pursuing their degrees should defend their dis-
sertations in specialized councils and then have
those councils’ decision approved by a special
governmental body, as of September 2003 twenty
researchers were awarded the so-called “candidate
of juridical/philosophical studies” degrees (an
equivalent of a Western Ph.D.) and independent
research or full doctorate (so-called “doctor of ju-
ridical/philosophical studies”) degrees. These full
doctors are L. V. Petrova, A. A. Kozlovsky, S. I.
Maximov, S. S. Slyvka, and O. O. Bandura. It
should be noted, however, that there is a number of
specialists who have researched in philosophy of law
and some related areas, currently working and pub-
lishing their research on philosophy of law issues
(P. M. Rabinovych, M. I. Koziubra, Y. M. Oboro-
tov are among most recognized).
The contemporary Ukrainian philosophy of law
issues relate to such already established domesti-
cally sub-areas of the field as legal onthology, le-
gal gnoseology (epistemology), legal axiology,
and legal anthropology. They also deal with those
issues in legal phenomenology and hermeneutics,
legal ethics and logic, other areas as well as legal
sociology that develops within this field. In gen-
eral, the variety of philosophy of law issues mirror
the contemporary discourses in the field interna-
tionally.
Philosophy of law has regained its status of an
academic discipline. It is read at several institu-
tions of higher legal education in Ukraine (e.g. the
Y. Mudry National Law Academy, the National
Academy of Interior of Ukraine, T. Shev-chenko
Kyiv National University, I. Franko Lviv National
University, Kyiv University of Law, to name a
few). The subject, either compulsory or optional,
is primarily read to graduating law students or
those pursuing their master degree.
March 15, 2003 became a historical date in the
development of the Ukrainian philosophy of law
for at least three reasons. First of all, that day saw
a first specialized “round table” entitled “Contem-
porary Philosophy of Law Issues”, organized by
the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences’ In-
stitute of State and Law and Institute of Philoso-
phy, which brought together for a discussion more
than hundred domestic jurists and philosophers. It
proved to be a successful event that gave an impe-
tus to the development of the field in Ukraine.
Secondly, that day there was a presentation of the
first volume of the “Anthology of the Ukrainian
Legal Thought”, edited by Y. S. Shemchuchenko,
V. D. Babkin, and I. B. Usenko, including the
works of eighteen native scholars of the 18th
through early 20th century and dedicated to the
issues on the encyclopedia, philosophy and gen-
eral theory of law. As noted by one of its com-
pliers, Professor V. D. Babkin, the volume is a sort
of “memoirs of the future” for it will promote the
comprehension of unutilized ideas expressed by
the prominent Ukrainian jurists that were left unat-
tended and are so worthwhile in the pursuit of con-
temporary research. Thirdly, it was that day when
the idea of founding a philosophy of law journal,
expressed by Professor A. A. Kozlovsky, found a
universal approval by the members of the aca-
demic community attending the “round table”,
which is now realized with the publication of this
volume of the “Philosophy of Law Issues”.
The Journal “Philosophy of Law Issues” is
country’s first specialized periodic publication in
the field. Its first volume primarily publishes the-
ses submitted by the participants of the “round
table” (therefore, they are short) as well as some
relatively more extensive author’s compositions.
As publications’ headings indicate, it presents an
array of philosophy of law issues and thus invites
a more extensive discourse in the field. The Jour-
nal, collegially represented by reverenced mem-
Revial of Philosophy of Law in Contemporary Ukraine
212 Проблеми філософії права. – 2003. – Том 1.
bers of its editorial board and international edito-
rial council, positions itself as an international
journal in the field of philosophy of law, inviting
and publishing compositions in six languages
(Ukrainian, Russian, English, German, French,
and Spanish) in order to promote the international
discourse in the philosophy of law, that know no
borders. The recent formation of the Ukrainian As-
sociation of the Philosophy of Law and Legal Phi-
losophy and its endorsement as a part of the IVR is
another attestation of the said thesis.
In sum, the establishment of this Journal is an-
other piece of evidence affirming the revival and
further development of the philosophy of law in
Ukraine, extending its effect not only domestically
but also internationally.
В. С. Бигун
ВОЗРОЖДЕНИЕ ФИЛОСОФИИ ПРАВА В СОВРЕМЕННОЙ УКРАИНЕ
В кратком англоязычном изложении отмечаются нынешние тенденции развития философии
права в современной Украине. Возрождение отечественных исследований в этой области связы-
вается с знаменательным событием основания и выхода в свет данного журнала, который задуман
не только как форум для заинтересованных философией права в Украине, но и с целью служить
ареной для международного философско-правового дискурса.
V. S. Bihun
REVIVAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF LAW IN CONTEMPORARY UKRAINE
This English language note presents a brief survey of the current tendencies in the development of
philosophy of law in the contemporary Ukraine. The revival of Ukrainian studies in this area is con-
nected with and marked by the celebrated establishment and publication of the present international
Journal, which is thought not only as a forum for those interested in the philosophy of law in Ukraine,
but also as a means for facilitation of the international discourse in philosophy of law.
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