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The book presents the main political and legal concepts and doctrines of the state and law from ancient times to the XVII century. In particular, the authors reveal the peculiarities of political and legal views of ancient Eastern civilisations, concepts of the ancient world, present the ideas of early Christianity, doctrines of state and law of the Middle Ages, Muslim doctrines of the Middle Ages, political and legal ideas of Kievan Rus, political and legal ideas of the Renaissance and Reformation, utopian concepts of the XVI and XVII centuries. The authors present the content of these doctrines with references to primary sources.

The publication is intended for practicing lawyers, scholars, teachers, postgraduate students and students of higher educational institutions, and may also be useful to anyone interested in the history of political and legal doctrines.