the polemical literature

This article analyzes the historical and philosophical studies of the philosophical and legal ideas in the works of the representatives of the Ukrainian polemical current, which was formed as a result of the Brest Union adoption in 1596. It considers a number of scientific works of the national and foreign historians and philosophers, basing on which you can pick out and analyze the philosophical and legal Ukrainian polemicists’ concepts.

The article analyzes the historical conditions of the polemical current formation. The causes of the Brest Union adoption and its consequences for the Ukrainian society at the end of XVI – the beginning of the XVII century are analysed. It analyses the impact of the polemical struggle on the formation of the philosophical and legal ideas in Ukraine.

The understanding of the formation of philosophical and legal views in Ukraine in
historical context becomes especially important in the development of Ukraine as a rule-of-law
state under present day conditions. The article analyzes the philosophical and legal ideas of the
national liberation, which are reflected in the polemical literature of the late XVI – early XVII
century