The Law of Victory Through the Prism of Historical and Legal Science (Dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory)

The purpose of the study is to give a historical and legal assessment of the role of law in achieving the Great Victory of 1945, to emphasize the enduring importance of its results for both Russian society and the modern world order. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are set and solved in the article: to substantiate the main stages of the development of law during the Great Patriotic War; to show the contribution of scientists from the All-Union Institute of Law Sciences to the development of this issue; to reveal the role of historical and legal science in protecting the historical memory of the Great Victory. To achieve the purpose of the research, the formal legal method, methods of analysis and synthesis were used, the doctrinal Russian literature was analyzed, including the work of legal scholars of the military and post-war periods. The significant role of law in achieving the Victory both in the pre-war period and during the war years is emphasized. Law has become one of the means of mobilizing society and all its resources to fight back against the enemy. It is noted that the role of law was clear from the very beginning to legal scholars who had already begun to study various aspects of this issue during the war years. In relation to modern conditions, there are two main areas in which historical and legal knowledge is in demand and which are directly related to the preservation of the historical memory of the Great Victory: doctrinal and legislative. It is concluded that there is a certain unity of legislation and judicial practice on the protection of historical memory and countering falsifications of history. The great role of legal science in understanding the results and lessons of Victory is noted, and tasks for new historical and legal research are outlined.