Introduction. The article is devoted to the scientific legacy of the outstanding scientist and politician Sergei Sergeevich Alekseev in the development of the philosophical foundations of the theory of law. His scientific work is a notable phenomenon in the legal life of the country. The founder of the Ural scientific school in the theory of state and law, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, head of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Ural Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, S. S.
