The article deals with the methodological situation in modern jurisprudence. It is stressed that its main feature is the conversion from the monistic totality of the researching methods of the philosophical-methodological pluralism. Established that the philosophical basis of research is pluralistic methodology that combines equal content and origin essence methods.
The article analyzes the scientific work of domestic and foreign scholars on the problems of legal knowledge and understanding of the philosophy of the XX century. The main theoretical and methodological approaches that have emerged as part of modern philosophy to study the problems of legal knowledge and understanding. Defined thematic orientation work, their characteristics and features, singled out the overall trends research. Exposed the most topical at the present stage of science methods of studying the abovementioned issues.