legal doctrine

Introduction. In modern scientific research, the thought experiment remains relevant in both natural and social sciences. Its use in theoretical legal science is particularly significant, as it compensates for the impossibility of practical verification of hypotheses by real experiment. One of the most striking examples of the application of the thought experiment is Lon Fuller’s “The Case of the Speluncean Explorers”, published in 1949.

Introduction. The article deals with the analysis of the political and legal model of the information society from the “Strategy of information society development in the Russian Federation for 2017–2030”. The information society theory offers a very abstract idea of its object. These representations are specified and detailed in doctrinal documents, depending on the current phase of social and technological progress. Evolution of information relations creates new risks to sustainable state-legal development.