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.
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